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

[John Abreau]

Shankar, can you confirm how long your presentation will be?



On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:13 PM Brian DeLacey <bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>
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>>

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