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

[Shankar Viswanathan]

Ok, I can put together a description of the architecture of the latest 
Ryzen chips  - both the variants with integrated graphics (aka APUs) as 
well as just the CPU chips.

Brian: would you like to talk about options for a budget desktop build?

I agree that Jitsi worked great last time - it used it once about a year 
ago, but it seems to be a lot more polished now. After the last BLU 
meeting I've used it for remote family IT support and it's been 
remarkably painless!

-Shankar



On 4/30/20 6:14 PM, Brian DeLacey wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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
>             <mailto: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 <mailto: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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