Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - Short Takes: CXL in High Performance Computing; and the UCIe Standard for Chip Design

When: October 18, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Short Takes: CXL in High Performance Computing; and the UCIe
Standard for Chip Design

Speaker:    Kurt Keville, Shankar Viswanathan


Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/DTcRPqLabxc?feature=share

Summary:

New developments in HPC and Chip Design, and various projects from
the 2023 Student Cluster Competition


Abstract:

There are new hardware processes and programming paradigms that promise
to dramatically improve process yields and performance. CXL will unlock
academic research computing disciplines that currently have no solution
path. These include deeply recursive codes and
applications that require large memory blocks.

Unified Acceleration (UXL), was announced last month at the Linux
Foundation Open Source Summit with the goal of delivering a
multi-architecture and multi-vendor software ecosystem for all
accelerators based on open source standards. And Universal Chiplet
Interconnect Express (UCIe) is helping to build an open ecosystem of
chiplets for on-package
innovations.


Bio:

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's
Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification
of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the
design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the
PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the
intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.

Attachments:

HPC Challenge Awards Competition at SC16: https://hpcchallenge.org/

CXL Forum @ HPC + AI on Wall Street:
https://www.hpcaiwallstreet.com/cxl-forum/

1. Student Cluster Competition 2023
<https://www.studentclustercompetition.us/>:
https://www.studentclustercompetition.us/

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http://www.blu.org

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Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - Short Takes: CXL in High Performance Computing; and the UCIe Standard for Chip Design

When: October 18, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Short Takes: CXL in High Performance Computing; and the UCIe
Standard for Chip Design

Speaker:    Kurt Keville, Shankar Viswanathan


Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/DTcRPqLabxc?feature=share

Summary:

Kurt discuses new developments in HPC, and Shankar discusses new
developments in chip design

Abstract:

Details to follow

Bio:

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's
Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification
of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the
design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the
PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the
intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.

Attachment:

CXL Forum @ HPC + AI on Wall Street:
https://www.hpcaiwallstreet.com/cxl-forum/


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 2023 Cryptology News Update and featuring a Historical Vignette

When: September 20, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: 2023 Cryptology News Update and featuring a Historical Vignette

Speaker:    Bill Ricker

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/mLPD5UbWP_0?feature=share
Summary:

Bill's annual crypto and security roundup

Abstract:

Bill's planned agenda:
Cryptology News review for last 12 months
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and its impact on Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)
A Historical Vignette

Attachments


(wikipedia) Post-quantum cryptography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography
Post-Quantum
Cryptography Conference (Friday March 3, 2023 - Ottawa,
Canada) https://pkic.org/events/2023/post-quantum-cryptography-conference/
How to Prepare Your PKI for Quantum Computing (April 28, 2022)
https://www.keyfactor.com/blog/how-to-prepare-your-pki-for-quantum-computing/

(podcast) Root Causes 286: PKI and PQC in New White House Cybersecurity
Initiative (Mar 16, 2023)
https://www.keyfactor.com/blog/how-to-prepare-your-pki-for-quantum-computing/


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http://www.blu.org

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Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 2023 Cryptology News Update and featuring a Historical Vignette

When: September 20, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: 2023 Cryptology News Update and featuring a Historical Vignette

Speaker:    Bill Ricker

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/mLPD5UbWP_0?feature=share

Summary:

Bill's annual crypto and security roundup

Abstract:

Details to follow

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Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - AlmaLinux OS

When: August 16, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: AlmaLinux OS

Speaker:    Benny Vasquez (Maybe),  Jack Aboutboul (definitely)

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/a1t2emQp46Q?feature=share

Summary:

Overview of AlmaLinux OS

Abstract:

AlmaLinux OS is an Open Source, community owned and governed,
forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term
stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is
ABI compatible with RHEL.

Attachments:

Alma Linux Foundation: https://almalinux.org/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
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PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - AlmaLinux OS

When: August 16, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: AlmaLinux OS

Speaker:    Benny Vasquez,  Jack Aboutboul

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/a1t2emQp46Q?feature=share

Summary:

Overview of AlmaLinux OS

Abstract:

AlmaLinux OS is an Open Source, community owned and governed,
forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term
stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is
ABI compatible with RHEL.

Attachments:

https://almalinux.org/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
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PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - What Programmers Should Know About Memory

When: July 19, 2023 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: What Programmers Should Know About Memory

Speaker:   Shankar Viswanathan

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream:

Summary:


A discussion on DRAM technology, caches, data consistency, etc.

Abstract:

Details to follow


Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's
Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and
verification of several generations of AMD processors. Most
recently, he was on the design team for the SoCs that power game
consoles such as the PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general
interests like at the intersection of performance and security in
hardware platforms.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7
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