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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - JULY 2018 ANNOUNCEMENTS =================================================================
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1. UNIGROUP'S JULY 2018 GENERAL MEETING
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Topic: Intel Processor/Technology Roadmap
[including Meltdown/Spectre v4]
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Speaker: Charles Milo, Enterprise Technical Specialist,
Intel <
http://www.intel.com>
When: Thursday, July 19th, 2018 (** Regular 3rd Thursday **)
Where: The Cooper Union <
http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering
41 Cooper Square (3rd Ave @ 7th St, bet. 6th & 7th Sts)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City
Meeting Room: To-be-announced (** New Building: 5th Floor **)
Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard, Questions,
Answers and Current Events
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and Announcements
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
Cost: See the Meeting+Membership Fee Schedule Below.
INTRODUCTION:
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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.
Unigroup's Meeting Calendar:
19-JUL-2018: Intel Processor/Technology Roadmap.
XX-SEP-2018: To-be-announced.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
you are "not on the list" (note: things tend to work out OK).
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MAIN PRESENTATION
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Topic: Intel Processor/Technology Roadmap
[including Meltdown/Spectre v4]
Related Topics/Keywords
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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:
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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
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Intel Technology Overview (~3 hour):
- Intel Xeon Roadmap
- Tools to transition from previous generation Xeon Processors
to the latest generations.
- Security Vulnerabilities: Spectre, Meltdown, Variant 4,
and beyond.
- Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap
(Xeon, Nervana, FPGA, Movidius and Saffron).
- Intel 3D NAND and Optane 3D Crosspoint technologies
- Intel P45x0/P46x0 (3D NAND) Roadmap
- Intel P4800x (Optane 3D Crosspoint Technology) Roadmap
- Intel Optane Memory (Apache Pass)
- Intel Client Technologies
- Intel Unite
- Intel vPro
References & Web Resources:
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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
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Speaker Biography
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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.
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Company Biography
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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
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Giveaways:
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Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR, 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 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.
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Fee Schedule:
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Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group,
and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members,
there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during
their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup
meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting Fee: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
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! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
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NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does
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Members: Remember to bring your Unigroup membership card with
you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
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Food:
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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served.
This normally 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 SOFT 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!
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Directions:
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The Cooper Union <
http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th St, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room Changes Month-to-Month)
Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the
new building with the non-traditional appearance.
Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7 Street.
Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
directions to Unigroup (the room varies from month-to-month).
Nearest mass transit stations are:
'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.
or transfer to the downtown '6' to Astor Place.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East,
or transfer to the uptown '6' to Astor Place.
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of)
Astor Place (8th Street), across from the West side of
Cooper Square, as well as various others in the area.
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. PRIOR MEETINGS
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** Formal Thank You's to our previous speakers will appear
in an upcoming announcement. Unigroup issues a "Thank You"
to all our speakers and sponsors!
Our thanks goes to The Cooper Union School of Engineering,
and its staff, for hosting our meetings.
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3. LOCAL TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS
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a) AWS Summit NYC
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Date: Tue, Jul 17, 2018
Where: Javits Center
Midtown, NYC
For information and complimentary registration visit:
https://aws.amazon.com/summits/new-york/
b) NYLUG July 2018 Meeting
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> NYLUG Meeting: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
> David Reveman and Zach Reizner -on-
> Crostini / Running Linux applications on Chrome OS
> NYLUG RSVP:
https://www.meetup.com/nylug-meetings/events/251859165/
c) Red Hat Microservices Day NYC
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Date: Tue, Aug 07, 2018
Where: Convene at Times Square
Midtown, NYC
For information and complimentary registration visit:
https://www.redhat.com/en/events/integration_NYC
d) SUSE Expert Day NYC
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Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2018
Where: Westin New York at Times Square
Midtown, NYC
For information and complimentary registration visit:
http://www.suse.com/promo/expert-days
e) Cloud Expo NYC
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Dates: Mon, Nov 12, 2018
Tue, Nov 13. 2018
Where: Midtown, NYC
For information and complimentary exhibits registration visit:
http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com
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4. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- 2018????: Programming for Performance with GPUs.
- 2018????: New x86 and ARM Architectures.
- 2018????: The Latest C++ Standards, Part 2.
- 2018????: The State of the C++ Ecosystem.
- Planning: Popular Linux Distribution Round-Up and Comparison
- Planning: Building a Data Server with ZFS
- Planning: Virtualization: KVM, Xen/XenServer, VirtualBox
- Planning: DNS / Dynamic DNS
- Planning: Fibrechannel and iSCSI Storage
- Planning: IPsec and VPNs (possibly 2 meetings)
- Planning: Cloud and Grid Computing
- Planning: Unix/Linux Authentication
- Planning: NO SPAM!
- Planning: Crypto / PKI / GPG-PGP
- Planning: The latest on *BSD (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD)
- Planning: The latest on Solaris
- Planning: The latest on AIX
- Planning: Security Threats & Anti-Virus
- Unix/Linux/BSD Clusters and Clustered Databases
- Patching and Updating Unix/Linux/BSD (rpm. yum, yast, apt, etc.)
- Building Custom Kernels Unix/Linux/BSD
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- LAMP Part 2 - PHP/Python
- Unix 40th+ Birthday Celebration
- Samba
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- GNU Development Environments
- Java and/or JavaScript Programming
- Web Development Frameworks
** Unigroup Needs Speakers!!
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix/Linux/BSD related
technology topics should please contact the Unigroup Board.
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5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s.
Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded
volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event
meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating to the
Unix/Linux/BSD Operating Systems and User Communities. Unigroup
meetings tend to be focused towards System Administrators, Network
Administrators, and Software Developers.
Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a minimum) the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field Trip or
Vendor Specific Meetings on the Even Months, although we do have the
ability to hold monthly meetings at our regular meeting location.
Planned regular meeting dates are (usually 3rd Thursdays):
7/19/2018, 9/??/2018, 10/18/2018, 11/15/2018, 01/17/2019, ...
Also watch for Special Event meetings and "Field Trips" to the
facilities of local hardware and software vendors.
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can help!
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-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
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