# ThinLinc at Multicore World 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog\ **Tags:** conference, hpc, mcw\ **Created:** [17 February 2025 20:40 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-at-multicore-world-2025/1343 "2025-02-17T20:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/aaron/32/13_2.png) [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2025 20:40 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-at-multicore-world-2025/1343/1 "2025-02-17T20:40:46Z")
This week sees the 12th edition of the [Multicore World](https://multicore.world) conference being held in Christchurch, New Zealand, with an [impressive array](https://multicore.world/speakers-2025/) of speakers joining to discuss a wide range of HPC-related topics. @nicolas.erdody has done a great job of organizing this conference once again; you can read a Q&A with him about the conference here: > [@Q&A with Nicolás Erdödy, Multicore World Conference Director](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/q-a-with-nicolas-erdody-multicore-world-conference-director/925): > > [Cendio](https://cendio.com) has participated in the [Multicore World](https://multicore.world) conference since 2019, positioning our remote desktop server product ThinLinc amongst industry heavyweights such as Microsoft, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Meta, and Samsung. The world of multicore computing has come a long way since the first edition of the conference in 2012, and the journey has certainly been an interesting one. From intercontinental radio telescope arrays, to exascale high-performance clusters, to edge-computing, IoT, and machine lear… Cendio is sponsoring the event again this year, so I have the pleasure of attending. Day 1 saw some interesting presentations, including from [Dan Stanzione](https://multicore.world/speakers-2025/dan-stanzione/) (Texas Advanced Computing Center) and [Rupak Biswas](https://multicore.world/speakers-2025/rupak-biswas/) (NASA): ![IMG_20250217_104852](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/thinlinc/original/1X/99d269f32dd4202b322247faf86d6a5b127763b3.jpeg) ![IMG_20250217_113738](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/thinlinc/original/1X/2a4d249a4d7857edf2f5ed0634bc0941ac8e5492.jpeg) We also had the speakers and sponsors dinner, a more informal gathering, and a great way to discuss the topics of the day over a glass of wine: ![IMG_20250217_201922](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/thinlinc/original/1X/59b72bf0184eb01aabf0371e57292da9cf1cc68c.jpeg) Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week brings. Any highlights or updates will be posted to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/aaron/32/13_2.png) [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)\ **Post date:** [17 February 2025 21:01 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-at-multicore-world-2025/1343/2 "2025-02-17T21:01:00Z")
One thing I learned from Dan’s talk, is that storage costs increased by \>50% (will have to check the exact number) in 2024 - the first year **ever** that IT storage costs have increased, rather than decreased. This trend is largely being driven by the massive investment in AI, and is affecting hardware costs across the board. If this trend continues then it has all kind of implications, for example with regards to optimisation. The best way to increase performance or capacity may no longer be to just throw more hardware at the problem; it may be to optimise systems to be more efficient instead. This has for a long time been considered the more expensive way forward, but that may be changing. What’s the most efficient way of providing remote desktops to users? Which method gives you the highest user density per server? ---
**Author:** ![aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/aaron/32/13_2.png) [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)\ **Post date:** [19 February 2025 05:51 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/thinlinc-at-multicore-world-2025/1343/3 "2025-02-19T05:51:51Z")
> [@aaron](#): > > will have to check the exact number 60%. [The slides are up now.](https://multicore.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mw25-slides-dan-stanzione.pdf)