# Pangeo Showcase: "GPU-Accelerated Zarr" (April 1, 12 PM US Eastern)

**URL:** <https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/pangeo-showcase-gpu-accelerated-zarr-april-1-12-pm-us-eastern/5549>\
**Category:** Pangeo Showcase\
**Created:** [March 30, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/pangeo-showcase-gpu-accelerated-zarr-april-1-12-pm-us-eastern/5549 "2026-03-30T13:32:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![chuckwondo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/chuckwondo/32/2170_2.png) [@chuckwondo](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/chuckwondo)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/pangeo-showcase-gpu-accelerated-zarr-april-1-12-pm-us-eastern/5549/1 "2026-03-30T13:32:06Z")

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[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/pangeo/original/2X/1/1f10cf847523f3728e9242fcd097d70ff672a140.jpeg "GPU-Accelerated Zarr") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYsQrnRi5I)

**Title** : “GPU-Accelerated Zarr”  
**Speaker** : Tom Augspurger. Tom is a software engineer working on accelerated data analysis tools at Nvidia.

**When:** Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 12 PM US Eastern (2026-04-01T16:00:00Z) (No fooling!)  
**Where:** [Launch Meeting - Zoom](https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/j/83234473026?pwd=mgM3uAuru1AE1aFPlRjW2dAAAyo8IY.1)  
**Abstract:**

This talk gives an overview of how GPUs and Zarr can be used together for high-performance array workloads. We’ll see some challenges with using GPUs efficiently and strategies for achieving maximum performance.

Agenda:

- ~15 minutes – Showcase presentation
- 10-30 minutes – Discussion
- 15-30 minutes – Community check-in

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**Author:** ![TomAugspurger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/tomaugspurger/32/21_2.png) [@TomAugspurger](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/TomAugspurger)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/pangeo-showcase-gpu-accelerated-zarr-april-1-12-pm-us-eastern/5549/2 "2026-04-01T15:36:52Z")

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Here are my slides: [https://assets.tomaugspurger.net/tomaugspurger/posts/gpu-accelerated-zarr/gpu-accelerated-zarr-pangeo-showcase.pdf](https://assets.tomaugspurger.net/tomaugspurger/posts/gpu-accelerated-zarr/gpu-accelerated-zarr-pangeo-showcase.pdf)