[BLU/Officers] AMD Ryzen talk for May BLU meeting?

[Brian DeLacey]

I'll second the motion that Shankar does this :)

I was impressed by the last Jitsi talk - it really worked surprisingly well
... maybe Shankar can come up with an "AMD Powered" logo for this?

Brian


On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 5:54 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:

> Hi, guys.
>
> I haven't received a response yet from Mike Frysinger about his Gentoo
> talk for the May BLU meeting. I just sent him another email asking him to
> confirm by tomorrow (Fri May 1st) whether he'll be able to give hisd talk
> on May 20.
>
> I imagine at this point it's unlikely he'll be available, even if he does
> respond.
>
> Assuming he's not available, can you guys do a BLU talk remotely in Jitsi
> on May 20 about the AMD Ryzen and its HPC implications?
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 12:21 AM Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ty. I'd like to build a budget Ubuntu box
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 00:05 Stephen Ronan <sronan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> in case of interest:
>>>
>>> https://slashdot.org/story/20/04/26/1622236/new-cpu-performance-testing-concludes-amd-beats-intel
>>>
>>>  -S
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 2:16 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, this would be a good topic.
>>>>
>>>> I'm waiting to hear back from Mike Frysinger to confirm whether he's
>>>> available to give his Gentoo talk in May. If it turns out he's unavailable,
>>>> perhaps you guys can do an AMD talk in May. Otherwise, July and August are
>>>> still available.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 9:56 AM Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is crying out for a meeting! Jitsi worked great
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AMD launches budget Ryzen processors
>>>>> Apr. 21, 2020 9:46 AM ETINTC
>>>>> Getting out ahead of Intel's (INTC -1.6%) Core i3 lineup, AMD (AMD
>>>>> -0.1%) announces the quad-core, eight-thread Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100
>>>>> processors.
>>>>> Built with 7nm process tech and Zen 2 architecture, the $99 3100 has
>>>>> a 3.8 GHz base frequency and 3.9 GHz boost. The $120 3300X has 3.8
>>>>> GHz and 4.3 GHz, respectively.
>>>>> AMD also announces the B550 motherboards, which support the PCIe 4.0
>>>>> interface on the new Ryzen models and will come from OEMs like Asus and MSI.
>>>>> Availability: The Ryzen processors will start shipping next month, and
>>>>> the B550 will follow on June 16.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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