<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, guys.I never received a response from Mike Frysinger. <br></div><div><br></div><div>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? <br></div><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 1:20 AM Shankar Viswanathan <<a href="mailto:shankar.viswan@gmail.com">shankar.viswan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<tt>Ok, I can put together a description of the </tt><tt><tt>architecture
of the latest </tt>Ryzen chips - both the variants with
integrated graphics (aka APUs) as well as just the CPU chips. <br>
<br>
Brian: would you like to talk about options for a budget desktop
build?<br>
<br>
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!<br>
<br>
-Shankar<br>
<br>
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<div>On 4/30/20 6:14 PM, Brian DeLacey
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I'll second the motion that Shankar does this :)
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<div>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?</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Brian</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 5:54
PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi, guys. <br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>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. <br>
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<div>I imagine at this point it's unlikely he'll be
available, even if he does respond. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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? <br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at
12:21 AM Brian DeLacey <<a href="mailto:bdelacey@gmail.com" target="_blank">bdelacey@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Ty. I'd like to build a budget Ubuntu
box</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 27,
2020, 00:05 Stephen Ronan <<a href="mailto:sronan@gmail.com" target="_blank">sronan@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">in case of interest:<br>
<a href="https://slashdot.org/story/20/04/26/1622236/new-cpu-performance-testing-concludes-amd-beats-intel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://slashdot.org/story/20/04/26/1622236/new-cpu-performance-testing-concludes-amd-beats-intel</a>
<div> -S <br>
</div>
</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 24,
2020 at 2:16 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>Yes, this would be a good topic. <br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>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. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr
21, 2020 at 9:56 AM Brian DeLacey <<a href="mailto:bdelacey@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bdelacey@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">This is crying out for a
meeting! Jitsi worked great
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto"><br>
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto">AMD launches budget
Ryzen processors</div>
<div dir="auto">Apr. 21, 2020 9:46 AM
ETINTC</div>
<div dir="auto">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.</div>
<div dir="auto">Built with 7nm process
tech and Zen 2 architecture, the <span>$99</span>
3100 has a 3.8 GHz base frequency
and 3.9 GHz boost. The <span>$120</span>
3300X has 3.8 GHz and 4.3 GHz,
respectively.</div>
<div dir="auto">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.</div>
<div dir="auto">Availability: The
Ryzen processors will start shipping
next month, and the B550 will follow
on June 16.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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