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Posts by jglathe
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Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself
The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell?
Tuesday 12th November 2024 06:15 GMT
The thing I can't wrap my head around
NPUs aren't that new, but the size and TOPS they deliver now may be. But, old or new NPU, where are the documentation and libraries for it? This should be in the device tree of the SoC. Odd as it may be, I wouldn't care much for Windows, that's big corp's playground if anything. With out this, nobody will touch it unless he's paid for it.
If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast
OS/2 expert channeled a higher power to dispel digital doom vortex
Win 11 refreshes delayed, say PC makers – and here's why
Saturday 14th September 2024 17:42 GMT 
These are great arm64 machines - there's your killer app
It can run Linux and (depending on effort) all of the available software. Or you compile for it. I have a hp OmniBook X14, and it is a nice machine. Booted Ubuntu 24.04 on it, too. Need to write up the device tree, enable BT, remoteprocs, audio, camera (probably not), Gunyah (alternatively boot-to EL2), NPU. And the support for it that's already upstream or under development is pretty great already.
To be fair, even just with WoA this laptop type is very usable. Instant on, you go a day without a charger, lots of compute power - best used when compiled natively.
Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
Core Python developer suspended for three months
Microsoft exits OpenAI's boardroom to sidestep regulatory scrutiny
Windows: Insecure by design
Microsoft yanks Windows 11 update after boot loop blunder
Defiant Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial Recall – tho as an opt-in
SAP customers may struggle to escape ECC before support shutters if they don't start now
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market
Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs
Ubuntu for Arm64 laptops (plus RISC kit)
Tuesday 14th November 2023 14:11 GMT 
Thank you for the reminder.
I was signed up for the summit, but only remotely. The X13s talk was not streamed, sadly. Next time in person, then... anyway. The X13s is well supported on Ubuntu 23.10, on mine everything works except for touch screen (didn't bother) and camera. Haven't found an installation image, though. Still, some great progress, IMO beyond what was communicated here, too. Integration with USB-C monitor and dock works, but not every combination. I like it.
Bing Chat so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle
Google doubles minimum RAM and disk in 'Chromebook Plus' spec
Linux on the Arm-based Thinkpad X13S: It's getting there
Sunday 10th September 2023 12:52 GMT
Re: Still lots to do
task manager shows x86, x64, Arm, Arm64, Arm64EC and I assume also Arm64X processes. The OS itself is completely Arm64 AFAICT. The only processes running other Intel archs are some Office helper stuff (Office including Teams is ARM64EC), other small tools, Lenovo Vantage. and some SQL Server stuff brought in from Visual Studio (I guess). Except for EM Client, miniTool Shadowmaker and FreeCommander/XE all software I want to use is available as Arm64. It improves steadily.
Sunday 10th September 2023 12:35 GMT
Hmm. Got it running here, more or less impressed
Actually, I eyed purchasing one for quite a while, and after some experience with the Windows Dev Kit 2023 on Win11 and with WSL - and getting *that* thing to boot Linux, but not from USB - I bought an X13s, model 21BX001LGE. Windows11 runs nicely, as expected, with the usual settings BS, but it runs well. Most software I need for a hobby machine is already available as ARM64 or ARM64EC - great.
It also runs the aforementioned Armbian 6.3.13, and it does so from SSD. To be fair, to install I actually removed the SSD to an external enclosure (before backing it up completely with miniTool ShadowMaker), did the gparted and other stuff on a wdk2023 (also ARM64, but a RPi4 will also do nicely). Hand-wired the grub start menu accordingly, and it boots and updates as it should. It also boots from USB, although there's still some issues. Didn't come around to the qcom-battmgr userspace component and the ALSA userspace configuration yet. It's fairly usable already.
Regarding ongoing development, the x13s allowed me to crack that USB booting issue on the wdk2023, and I have that running on 6.5.2 already with sound and some power management issues the remaining big blocks (if you don't count nxp and kvm support, which can be way harder). 6.5 has almost all changes required to run either, you mostly need the device trees to boot it. So... not bad?
Not call: Open source gurus urge you to dump Zoom
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office
Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office
Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood'
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support
Microsoft adds features to Windows 11 monthly – managing it is your problem
Musk, Tesla win securities fraud battle over that 'funding secured' tweet
Bringing cakes into the office is killing your colleagues, says UK food watchdog boss
Games Workshop once again battles scariest monster of all: ERP gone wrong
Friday 13th January 2023 12:26 GMT 
ERP implementations are a bitch.
So much depentds on the common sense approach. Resist the urge to do shortcuts and code changes. If you find yourself in a position where you don't even know what the implementation partner is talking about, change that first before making crippling decisions. Usually you're not the first company with this issue, find out what others did to solve it.
Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users
Sunday 27th November 2022 15:09 GMT
Solutions on an excel worksheet
Yeah that's the real world, ofc. Those users talk some sense, and nobody is listening to them, naturally. Well designed frameworks can help a developer (and maybe the advanced, technically interested user) a great deal, Low Code /No Code usually gets in the way. All. The. Time.
Linus Torvalds's faulty memory (RAM, not wetware) slows kernel development
Official: Arm-based VMs available on Microsoft Azure
Tuesday 30th August 2022 20:05 GMT
Re: Why?
Interesting question. For running testing on this ABI, maybe. Maybe customers ask for it. If its cheaper, good. As for running Windows on aarch64... thats one big cf I don't understand. You can run Linux (even GUI) on aarch64 already, for peanuts. I do for fun, and because it is quite power efficient, and you learn one thing or two. Could easily go as daily driver with a big iron in the background. So... maybe a preparation for testing their own migration to other h/w, and monetize it, too.
AMD refreshes desktop CPUs with 5nm Ryzen 7000s that can reach 5.7GHz with 16 cores
Too little, too late: Intel's legacy is eroding
Friday 5th August 2022 20:24 GMT
Re: Participation trophy
I still have the review of Intel 11thGen chips in the ear... "Waste of Sand." I see the difference every day. My company machine is Intel 11870 (or so), which can be quite fast for about 10 seconds. After that it is only loud. As in LOUD. Most of the other tech here is AMD Ryzen 3000 or 5000. It is usually faster or way, waaay faster, and this sustainably without making much noise. A bit frustrating for even slightly compute-heavy tasks.
Chip startup alleges Cadence sabotaged processor rollout
Nvidia wants to lure you to the Arm side with fresh server bait
Microsoft accidentally turned off hardware requirements for Windows 11
Thursday 9th June 2022 21:04 GMT 
cost/benefit vs any linux or linux in disguise
Using anything on Windows appears o be a hassle these days. I mean, really. Nothing works straight out of the box, and if it does, it's classified as a bug. Go figure. True, the main consoles are still running some Windows here, still, but when it comes to testing new things... actually not much does. Will be another few years, and either Windows is a GUI frontend like X Server on Linux or it will be gone. Maybe for good.
CIOs largely believe their software supply chain is vulnerable
Ryzen Pro CPUs are better for work than Intel's, claims AMD
Wednesday 20th April 2022 19:22 GMT
IDK, got a fleet of ryzen 9s at the start of the plandemic. Never looked back, its quite a difference work wise. A bit hairy to get the cooling right, but after that... available power and bandwith, cheaper or simply unavailable with Intel machines. Not to speak of bhyve not really performing on Intel with Windows guests.
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