GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

Perhaps the biggest news from Monday was Apple’s transition to developing its own processing chips for the Mac, moving away from Intel. The latest version of the Mac operating system will get a notable redesign, as well as a Control Center and an updated Messages app. . — Ben Scholtysik (@Elektrojunge) June 22, 2020.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

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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. Day 1 Keynote. Here’s a liveblog of the IDF 2014 day 1 keynote. Technical Sessions.

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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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Gizmodo

JUNE 24, 2021

Windows is my desktop operating system. It’s what I’ve been using all my life. I feel just as married to it as my Android smartphone, which has been my mobile OS since the dawn of smartphones (or just shortly thereafter). But despite the different ways that I can sync the two platforms through apps and browsers, I… Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 27, 2021

The company published a blog post officially detailing the system requirements for Windows 11. It lays out the processors and systems that will be compatible with the new operating system, while… Read more.

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Hardware Windows Operating Systems Microsoft 73

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

You may have heard of Intel Rack-Scale Architecture (RSA), a new approach to designing data center hardware. This is an idea that was discussed extensively a couple of weeks ago at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco, which I had the opportunity to attend. What’s the benefit to consumers?

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

Keep an eye on among others including Cisco (Servers), Dell (Servers), EMC (DSSD), HPE, Intel (Servers, Drives and Cards), Lenovo, Micron, Microsoft (Drivers, Operating Systems, Storage Spaces), NetApp, OCZ, Oracle, PMC, Samsung, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware and Western Digital (acquisition of SANdisk and HGST).

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

It’s a bit disappointing to see that the Surface is still using the older Ryzen chips, since much of the new generation is based on a new architecture (Zen 3, to the 4000 series’s Zen 2) that has delivered performance gains. Then, there are the Intel models. So why am I comparing this device to M1 systems, you may ask?

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

AnandTech has some coverage of the latest Intel processor announcements , which totally flew by my radar. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

POSIX, which is a set of operating system standards. Pat, who is Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel. In 2019, I think you had said to Wired , “The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us. ” So anything that is a client operating system ultimately does rendezvous with cloud computing.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Kevin Houston explores multi-node servers as an alternative to blade servers due to increasing thermal requirements from CPUs. And since Kevin didn’t define TDP—shame, shame!—see

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11. VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Peyton Smith and Mitchell Moser share seven common Microsoft Active Directory misconfigurations that adversaries tend to abuse.

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Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2023

These concepts collectively contribute to the creation of a comprehensive system compliant with TCG specifications. Notably, major tech players including Intel, AMD, HP, Dell, Microsoft, and even the U.S. The TCB’s features require initial operating system installation.

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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. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Kevin Houston explores multi-node servers as an alternative to blade servers due to increasing thermal requirements from CPUs. And since Kevin didn’t define TDP—shame, shame!—see

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Jointly authored by VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Intel, this new protocol proposal attempts to bring together the strengths of the various network virtualization encapsulation protocols out there today (VXLAN, STT, NVGRE). 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

MARCH 8, 2016

Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Open Source Linux Automotive Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s a lot of talk about how Nvidia is “owning” the AI movement, but as Derrick Harris points out, Intel still owns the data center. Here’s a good “what you need to know” article by Kevin Houston on the new Intel Xeon Scalable Processor (SP), recently announced. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Operating Systems/Applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

As a result, Ijam has held roles of increasing authority, moving from her first position at Fannie Mae onto jobs at Intel and Freddie Mac and then Amtrak, where she eventually became CIO. She is now CIO of the Federal Reserve System. “I only stumbled once into IT, and everything else was then planned next-steps,” she says.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is IDF 2013 session CLDS001, titled “Rack Scale Architecture for Cloud.” ” The speaker is Mohan Kumar, a Sr Principal Engineer with Intel. However, the current architectures aren’t sufficient. To address these concerns, Intel believes that a rack-level architecture is needed.

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Galido

MAY 10, 2019

You will surely get an increase in the speed of the operating system and software execution, with a decrease in loading times even in games. The socket is the processor housing and often the manufacturers, Intel and AMD, tend to change it and replace it with new versions. Replacing a hard disk with an SSD is very fast.

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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. First, though, Recep takes a few minutes to review some SDN concepts.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s not pleasant seeing a once-beloved laptop (or desktop) computer slowly slide into obsolescence as it gets too old and tired to keep up with the demands of modern-day computing, but Google has now provided an option for these ailing machines in the form of Chrome OS Flex. Read more.

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How To Google Operating Systems Linux 100

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability. In a head-to-head showdown, it faces off against the Intel Xe GPU, an integrated solution, and the NVIDIA A5000 Laptop GPU, a high-end GA104 mobile processor with 6144 CUDA cores and 16GB of memory. PCI Express 3.0

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Linux Intel Windows Fashion 78

TM Forum

JULY 19, 2021

Put simply, Open RAN is an attempt to disaggregate radio access network (RAN) functionality, by splitting up the hardware and software thus opening up the architectures and diversifying the supply chain for the radio portion of the network. What is it? The remote radio units are provided by Fujitsu and NEC, LTE.

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Network Cloud Hardware Industry 130

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

To take advantage of high-capacity flash in the memory bus, Diablo supplies drivers for all the major operating systems (OSes), including ESXi, and what this driver does is modify the way that page swaps are handled. I very much enjoyed learning more about FlashSoft’s product and architecture. SwiftStack.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 25, 2021

When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 this week, it also made a fanfare of bringing Android apps to the OS through the Amazon Appstore. It’s an exciting feature both for Windows diehards looking for more ways to tinker and for casual users who might want the added utility of an Android app. But the initial announcement … Read more.

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Windows Microsoft Operating Systems Linux 56

Gizmodo

JANUARY 24, 2022

Acer unveiled several Windows 11 SE laptops for K-8 classrooms earlier this month after announcing a fleet of Chromebooks prior to CES , and now the company is giving educators even more choices by launching four additional laptops running on Google’s Chrome OS. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 29, 2021

Between TPMs, CPUs, and UEFIs, the system requirements for upgrading to Windows 11 haven’t been the easiest to figure out. Microsoft changed them only hours after pushing out the first Insider Preview Build for early adopters. If you’re wondering exactly what you’ll need to run Windows 11, we’re here to make some… Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Microsoft announced today that Windows 11 beta users can now try out Android apps on their PC. But curiously, there are only 50 apps available. Read more.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Those have much less security much many fewer capabilities and architectural stability built into them, but again it's, it's the lowest common denominator it's like web 1.0 Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack? I would think secure IoT attacks would be different.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Those have much less security much many fewer capabilities and architectural stability built into them, but again it's, it's the lowest common denominator it's like web 1.0 Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack? I would think secure IoT attacks would be different.

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