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

[Brian DeLacey]

I'm definitely interested in discussing options for a budget build!

On Fri, May 1, 2020, 01:19 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
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>>>>>
>>
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>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
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