HPCwire Unveils List of 35 HPC Legends: Class of 2025
San Diego, CA — July 9, 2025 – HPCwire, the leading publication for news and information for the high performance computing industry, today announced the first half of its annual list of 35 Legends, representing the Class of 2025. The list recognizes 35 luminaries who have made HPC what it is today.
Thirty-five honorees are announced each year, selected by HPCwire editors and advisors based on their contributions to the HPC community over the past 35 years, and celebrated for the different ways they have helped move HPC forward. HPC is a unique market because scientific researchers, HPC customers, and vendors have all combined to advance HPC together, so the HPCwire 35 Legends are researchers, inventors, and executives who have turned ideas into technological and commercial successes.
“Leading the foremost news outlet in high performance computing for the past 36 years has been one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my professional life,” said Tom Tabor, Founder and CEO of Tabor Communications Inc., publishers of HPCwire. “As such, it has been a privilege to share space with some of the brightest minds in our industry — individuals united by a profound commitment to advancing science and improving life on our planet.”
“Participating in these conversations has been both intellectually invigorating and deeply fulfilling,” continued Tabor. “The process of recognizing our industry’s Legends has represented a meaningful reflection on an incredible journey through decades of memories. It’s been an honor to engage with some of the most brilliant minds in our field — individuals dedicated to advancing technology for the betterment of humanity. Those experiences have been both inspiring and fulfilling.”
Due to the difficulty in choosing just 35 HPC rock stars, the HPCwire team decided to launch an annual list, which will continue to grow with 35 new names each year as ever more HPC luminaries continue to make amazing contributions to our industry.
The HPCwire 35 Legends program is underwritten by Diamond sponsor Hammerspace. The First 18 HPCwire 35 Legends are listed below, and the balance of the list will be released next month. All will be profiled on the 35 Legends microsite.
Horst Simon
HPC Benchmark Pioneer and Exascale Visionary
Ralph Roskies
Co-founder of PSC
Michael Levine
Co-founder of PSC
Vinton Cerf
One of the Fathers of the Internet
Lisa Su
Leader of AMD’s Exascale Era
Thomas Lippert
Architect of Europe’s First Exascale System
Dieter Kranzlmüller
Germany’s Supercomputing Leader
Satoshi Sekiguchi
Architect of Japan’s AI Supercomputing
Susan Gregurick
Architect of NIH HPC/Data Strategy
David Bader
Linux-Cluster Trailblazer
Wu Feng
Co-Founder of Green500
Ian Buck
Inventor of CUDA
Richard Tapia
Early Champion of Diversity in HPC
Mateo Valero Cortés
Spain’s Vanguard of European HPC
Lori Diachin
Leader of the Exascale Computing Project
Jysoo Lee
Supercomputing Strategist for Korea and Saudi Arabia
Bob Borchers
Architect of U.S. NSF Supercomputing Initiatives
Beverly Clayton
The First Woman to Direct an HPC Center (PSC)
To read the HPCwire Legends profiles, please visit:
www.hpcwire.com/35-hpc-legends
About HPCwire
HPCwire is the #1 news and information resource covering the fastest computers in the world and the people who run them. With a legacy dating back to 1987, HPCwire has enjoyed a history of world-class editorial and journalism, making it the news source of choice selected by science, technology and business professionals interested in high performance and data-intensive computing. Visit HPCwire at www.hpcwire.com.
About Tabor Communications Inc.
Tabor Communications Inc. (TCI) is a media and services company dedicated to high-end, performance computing. As publisher of a complete advanced scale computing portfolio that includes HPCwire, Datanami, EnterpriseAI, and HPCwire Japan, TCI is the market-leader in online journalism covering emerging technologies within the high-tech industry, and a services company providing events, audience insights, and other services for companies engaged in performance computing in enterprise, government, and research. More information can be found at www.taborcommunications.com.