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

[John Abreau]

Thanks, guys.I never received a response from Mike Frysinger.

Can you send me the details to update the BLU calendar? Did we settle on
one talk by Shankar, or did you want to do several different talks at the
same meeting?

If Shankar has enough material for 60 to 90 minutes, then it would be best
to have just the one talk in May. On the other hand, if Shankar only has 20
minutes of material, then it makes sense to have additional speakers as
well.



On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 1:20 AM Shankar Viswanathan <shankar.viswan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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> 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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>>
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