The Verge

AUGUST 9, 2021

Parallels supports both Intel and M1 Macs (though there’s a catch for those running Arm-based machines), and can even be used to run the Windows 11 preview for those who can’t wait. M1 users will also be able to use BitLocker and Secure Boot thanks to a virtualized TPM. Image: Parallels. a year, or a perpetual license for $99.99.

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GeekWire

MARCH 20, 2023

Bahadur also worked at Microsoft for a decade years and helped develop the Windows mobile operating system. He also spent ten years at Intel in engineering and management roles. Gennev Photos) – — Gennev , a virtual healthcare company for women in menopause, hired three new leaders.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Microsoft recently expanded the list of eligible processors to include some additional Intel chips. Visual changes: The new operating system comes with a softer, translucent appearance. The new operating system is also optimized for a variety of gaming scenarios. See the full list of removed features.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Calling it a “historic day for the Mac,” Apple CEO Tim Cook detailed the transitions to PowerPC, OS X 10, and a move to Intel chips before unveiling its plans to use Apple’s own ARM-powered silicon in Macs in the future. New Intel-powered Macs are still in the pipeline, so Apple isn’t moving exclusively to ARM-based Macs just yet.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans has a lovely article on Git commits that is well worth reading. Virtualization Eric Sloof relates his experience setting up ESXi ARM on a Raspberry Pi 5. William Lam has published the results of some experiments with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel Hybrid CPU cores.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This is what Intel has aimed to deliver with the Intel vPro® platform. Meanwhile, vPro® features attestable security status, meaning that it uses static and dynamic root-of-trust measurements in the Intel Trusted Platform Module that confirms below-the-OS security to detect abnormalities.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” ” The speakers are Recep Ozdag, a PME with Intel, and Gershon Schatzberg, a PLM with Wind River Systems. The first concept that Recep discusses is network virtualization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] In this arena, desktop virtualization and cloud technologies will play starring roles. Notably, businesses are adopting virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as a way to keep data secure, teams collaborative, and staff productive while reducing costs. There’s always room to grow, and Intel is ready to help.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Edwin Weijdema shares how he uses VMware Fusion 12 on his MacBook Pro (Intel-based, I’m assuming) to run a mobile lab with nested ESXi hypervisors.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Virtualization William Lam takes a look at ESXi on the latest Intel NUC. Josh Pollara recaps the experience of migrating from AWS to Fly.io. That’s all for now!

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

Earlier this week, on what Tim Cook called a “historic day,” Apple announced that it’s moving Macs away from Intel processors to its own silicon chips. The new Macs will use arm64, the same CPU architecture that recent iOS devices use (Intel-based Macs use an architecture called x86-64). Screenshot: Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Windows 11 will officially support Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 CPUs and up, leaving behind millions of PCs that were sold during the launch of Windows 10. Windows 11 will require Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 CPUs and up, TPM 2.0 Trusted Platform Module) support, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Trusted Platform Module).

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

Apple rolled out a bevy of new product features today at its annual WWDC event, held virtually for the first time due to the global pandemic. Perhaps the biggest news from Monday was Apple’s transition to developing its own processing chips for the Mac, moving away from Intel. (Apple Image). Watch the full presentation below.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Vaughan-Nichols discusses a leak discovered in Intel SGX. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. William Lam provides instructions on manually cleaning up a Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) on an ESXi host. Ivan Pepelnjak laments the sad state of terminology surrounding router interfaces and switch ports.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 11, 2023

A chef doesn’t stop to consider the electronic systems powering her culinary tools as she’s trying to plan and execute a multi-course menu. Your organization likely uses laptops, PCs, and servers with Intel, AMD, and a few other lesser-known processor brands. What more do you need to know? A bit more, actually.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 this week in San Francisco. Intel has a very large consumer presence: PCs, ultrabooks, tablets, phones, 2-in–1/convertibles, all-in–1 devices. Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Or, one could just use something like this.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) recently happened, and some virtualization-related information emerged on how Apple is allowing ARM-based Linux VMs (virtualized using the hypervisor present in macOS) to leverage Rosetta 2 to run Intel binaries.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Frank Denneman digs into Sapphire Rapids memory configurations (Sapphire Rapids is Intel’s 4th generation Scalable Processor Architecture). William Lam shares news about higher-capacity SODIMMs available for small or ultra small form factor systems. Storage This is a good (albeit slightly dated) overview of EBS volume types.

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud: [link].

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

The collection seems a tad heavier than normal in the hardware and security sections, probably due to new exploits discovered in Intel’s speculative execution functionality. This article describes a new attack that “breaches the security guarantees” of Intel SGX. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. Via Kevin Houston, you can get more details on the Intel E7 v2 and new blade servers based on the new CPU.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions. This is something I’ve been watching for a couple of years, since attending my first Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Intel clearly has its sights set on expanding beyond just “servers” into many more platforms, including network hardware platforms. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: In a few years time (let’s say 3–5 years), Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) will be regarded as important if not more important than the virtualization extensions. What is Intel SGX, you ask? Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” The speaker is Mohan Kumar, a Sr Principal Engineer with Intel. The motivation for developing RSA is really rooted in the vision of the “Internet of Things,” which Intel estimates will reach approximately 30 billion devices by 2020. I’d contend that virtualization helps address most of this concern.)

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Apple on Intel. Apple and Virtualization. Why I Might Leave OS X.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

If you’re new to this process, let me break this down for you: When you first log in to your cloud services provider console, you have to configure a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which requires networking knowledge. You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Virtualization. Kyle Galbraith takes readers through the use of AWS Organizations to simplify billing for multiple accounts.

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TM Forum

JULY 19, 2021

This newly created multi-supplier ecosystem uses cloud technologies, network virtualization, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning, open APIs and many of the other associated calling cards of 5G/cloud era communications. The remote radio units are provided by Fujitsu and NEC, LTE.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF). Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11. Chris Evans examines the pricing of virtual instances compared to managed servie offerings as he ponders how hyper-scalers like AWS, Azure, and Google will go about/are going about optimizing service density (i.e., Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 22, 2023

This software suite is compatible with both Windows and macOS operating systems, and offers a spectrum of six different editions to cater to diverse user needs. Virtual RAID construction for recovery In cases where RAID parameters are unknown, Stellar Data Recovery can rebuild a likely RAID configuration.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Or, one could just use something like this.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Virtualization.

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