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).

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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. If you’re wondering exactly what you’ll need to run Windows 11, we’re here to make some… Read more. Microsoft changed them only hours after pushing out the first Insider Preview Build for early adopters.

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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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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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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

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Bozhidar Batsov shares the story of how he left macOS for Linux and ended up on Windows 10 with WSL. And since Kevin didn’t define TDP—shame, shame!—see So useful.).

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. 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). Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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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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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Bozhidar Batsov shares the story of how he left macOS for Linux and ended up on Windows 10 with WSL. And since Kevin didn’t define TDP—shame, shame!—see So useful.).

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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]. IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 2: [link].

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Today, Apple is unveiling new Macs that will be based not on Intel processors, but Apple’s own Arm-based chips. Depending on how you count, that wait has lasted either six months (since they were officially announced) or several years (since Intel’s roadmap detoured into a quagmire). Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge.

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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. announcement post.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

Alienware pitched the Concept UFO as the type of radical gadget that could make PC gaming more accessible by cramming a full Windows 10 platform into something you could carry out of the house. Alienware would not confirm at the time it had any intention of making a real, consumer version of its Windows handheld. Intel NUC 9 Extreme.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

On the flip side, though, I have to believe that it’s possible for organizations to make a gradual shift in their computing architectures and processes, so one almost has to discuss these various components individually, because to tie them all together makes it almost impossible. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I might have mentioned this before, but Ken Pepple’s OpenStack Folsom architecture post is just awesome. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Alex Galbraith recently posted a two-part series on what he calls the “NanoLab,” a home lab built on the Intel NUC (“Next Unit of Computing”). Operating Systems/Applications. Windows Backup has native Hyper-V support in Windows Server 2012. Servers/Hardware. How about some oVirt inception?

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

On the flip side, though, I have to believe that it’s possible for organizations to make a gradual shift in their computing architectures and processes, so one almost has to discuss these various components individually, because to tie them all together makes it almost impossible. Operating Systems/Applications.

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