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UNIGROUP GENERAL MEETING
MEETING INTRODUCTION
Unigroup's July 2018 meeting will be update on Intel technologies including the latest on CPUs, Memory, Networking, Bus Interfaces, etc. Also, we are going to get an official update concerning the latest hardware security vulnerabilities and mitigations including Meltdown/Spectre v4. Unigroup is very pleased to welcome back Intel's Charles Milo, who has been Unigroup's technical contact at Intel for many years. Note: There will be a lot of material to cover, so if most people arrive early, we are going to try to get the main presentation started early too.
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DIRECTIONS
Location:
The Cooper Union (http://www.cooper.edu)
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room May Change Month-to-Month)
Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the
new building with the non-traditional appearance.
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'6' to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
then 1 block South.
'4/5/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Topic: Intel Processor/Technology Roadmap [including Meltdown/Spectre v4]
Related Topics/Keywords:
Intel, CPU/Processor, CPU/Bus Interfaces, Xeon, Skylake, Cascade Lake, Nervana, Movidius, Saffron, Memory, NAND Flash, 3D Crosspoint Memory, Apache Pass, Optaine, Networking, Ethernet, Onmipath, Hardware Security Vulnerabilities, Security Mitigations, Hardware/Microcode Design Flaws, Meltdown/Spectre, FPGA, Machine Learning.
Introduction & Description of Talk:
Charles Milo is an Industry Technical Specialist for Intel. Charles will present Intel's technology roadmap that includes Client & Server processors, Intel Storage & Memory based on Intel's 3D NAND & Optane 3D Crosspoint Technology, Intel's Networking Ethernet/OmniPath Architecture and Deep Learning & Artificial Learning products. In addition, Charles will address security vulnerabilities and mitigations for Spectre, Meltdown and Variant 4.
Presentation Outline:
Intel Technology Overview (~3 hour):
References & Web Resources:
Intel Products:
Intel Product SKUs & Specs (all):
http://ark.intel.com
Intel Xeon Processor Advisor Tool Suite:
https://xeonprocessoradvisor.intel.com/exodus/login
Intel Transition Guide:
https://xeonprocessoradvisor.intel.com/exodus/page?eventType=11&targetPageId=129007806&defaultFlag=1
Intel Data Center TCO:
https://xeonprocessoradvisor.intel.com/exodus/page?eventType=11&targetPageId=129004805&defaultFlag=1
Intel Xeon Scalable Systems Catalog
https://xeonprocessoradvisor.intel.com/exodus/page?eventType=11&targetPageId=129010805&defaultFlag=1
Intel Data Center SSDs:
All Data Center SSDs:
https://ark.intel.com/#@DataCenterSSDs
Intel Data Center Tool:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000020016/memory-and-storage.html?wapkw=intel+data+center+tool
Intel Memory Drive Technology Software for Intel Optane:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/123705/memory-and-storage/ssd-software/intel-memory-drive-technology-sw-for-intel-optane.html
Intel Security:
Side Channel Methods - Analysis, News and Updates:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/facts-about-side-channel-analysis-and-intel-products.html
Intel Analysis of Speculative Execution Side Channel White Paper:
https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/b9/f9/336983-Intel-Analysis-of-Speculative-Execution-Side-Channels-White-Paper.pdf
Speculative Execution Side Channel Mitigations White Paper:
https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c5/63/336996-Speculative-Execution-Side-Channel-Mitigations.pdf
Intel Web Site:
http://www.intel.com
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Charles Milo - Enterprise Technical Specialist - Intel Americas
Charles Milo is an Enterprise Technical Specialist with Intel Americas. He has been at Intel 20 years, and is a member of Intel Americas Senior Staff. Charles covers many of the large financial customers in the NYC area and has been responsible for technical presentations & trainings, benchmarking, performance tuning and competitive analysis and software products and solutions that support Intel architectures. Charles has architected solutions such as Redhat, OpenStack, Openshift, VMware ESXi, Cloud/Container technologies (i.e. Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos, Mesosphere, CoreOS), Big Data (i.e. Cloudera, Spark, Big DL and Storage solutions (i.e. Scale I/O and, Datera) which allows him to design solutions for his FSI customers. In addition, Charles worked closely with each of the cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud & RackSpace. Charles was a keynote speaker at Rackspace 2016 NYC event: http://solve.rackspace.com/speaker/charles-milo-intel/. Charles has been deeply involved in understanding customer issues and provides feedback to Intel architects on the next generation Intel processors. Due to his outstanding knowledge of Intel systems, he has received three of the most prestigious awards from Intel, Intel's Customer Excellence Award, Intel's Achievement Award and Intel's Hall of Fame Award.
COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California. The company designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. Intel is best known for producing the microprocessors used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. In addition, Intel offers NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; network processors used in networking equipment to manage and direct data moving across networks and the Internet; software products, including operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices. Intel has been the driving force behind the global technology revolution for more than 40 years. Today, Intel is shaping the future with life-enhancing technologies that solve real-world problems and inspire the next generation of innovators.
For further information please visit: http://www.intel.com
GIVEAWAYS
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR/Pearson, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books.
Unigroup would like to thank both publishing companies for the support provided by their User Group programs.
As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting.
Note: Our book supply is currently running low, and we need to restock.
FEE SCHEDULE
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FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted beverages.
** However, due to a continuing situation at our caterer, we are planning to have: pizza (cheese+veggy), soda, water, cookies, and brownies at this meeting.
Intel will be sponsoring the food service for this meeting... Thanks Intel!
Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!
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