Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

On Jan 31, 2018 18:01, "Tim Carroll via talk" wrote: They are back. with new funding. linuxjournal2 http://www.linuxjournal.com/ I wish them good luck trying to refactor their way out of existing debt. Trying to claim they're brand-new, start-over but with a lead story about how the LJ crew are

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

On 31/01/18 05:01 PM, Tim Carroll via talk wrote: They are back. with new funding. linuxjournal2 http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Supported by the folks behind the PIA VPN. --dave see also https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/ -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gr

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

They are back. with new funding. linuxjournal2 http://www.linuxjournal.com/ ___ ___ On 2018-01-31 16:36, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: On 2017-12-05 07:59 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: Looks like last month was their l

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

On 2017-12-05 07:59 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: Looks like last month was their last month of even digital publication: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication I just received an email stating they are trying to resurrect the magazine. I wonder if they

Re: [GTALUG] ARM and friends in datacenters

On 31/01/18 11:22 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:59:28AM -0500, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: There are two different cases to consider when doing data centers: * uniprocessors for individual tasks or trivially parallelizable ones * multiprocessors for things t

Re: [GTALUG] ARM and friends in datacenters

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 09:59:28AM -0500, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > There are two different cases to consider when doing data centers: > > * uniprocessors for individual tasks or trivially parallelizable ones > * multiprocessors for things that aren't parallelizable > > Anybody can

Re: [GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

I mis-addressed that: it was meant for Russel.  --dave On 31/01/18 11:09 AM, David Collier-Brown wrote: I was writing a note for the GTA Linux user group about how, in principle, a T-like processor could avoid falling into the hole that speculative processors with slow access checks have fallen

[GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

I was writing a note for the GTA Linux user group about how, in principle, a T-like processor could avoid falling into the hole that speculative processors with slow access checks have fallen into... but I realize I don't know enough about the published designs. In your opinion, can a T5-like

Re: [GTALUG] ARM and friends in datacenters

On 01/31/2018 09:59 AM, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 03:49:54PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Another example: ARM is just now (more than 30 years on) targeting datacentres. Interestingly, big iron has previously mostly been replaced by co-ordinated ho

Re: [GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

On 01/30/2018 03:49 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: [I speak as if I'm an expert, but I'm not. Beware.] | From: Alvin Starr via talk | To: talk@gtalug.org | | A number of groups have tried to develop extremely parallel processors but all | seem to have gained little traction. | | There

Re: [GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

On 31 January 2018 at 09:38, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > If you like an ARM laptop, this is coming soon: > https://www.asus.com/ca-en/2-in-1-PCs/ASUS-NovaGo-TP370QL/ > > I wonder how long it will take after release before someone has Linux > installed on one. > There's also the very ver

Re: [GTALUG] ARM and friends in datacenters

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 03:49:54PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Another example: ARM is just now (more than 30 years on) targeting datacentres. Interestingly, big iron has previously mostly been replaced by co-ordinated hordes of x86 micros. There are two different cases to consid

Re: [GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 06:44:24PM -0500, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > I recalling seeing the SPARC and Alpha laptops at conferences; while that > was pretty cool, they were ultra-pricey, and yes, indeed, pretty much > "unobtanium." > > I was pretty happy when I found I could buy a Chrome

Re: [GTALUG] How to go fast without speculating... maybe

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 07:40:11PM -0500, Mel Wilson wrote: > According to Wikipedia, the Loongson processors are stil developed and > used. . That is true, although it seems not that easy to find a system with one in it. Well unless you are the Chinese go