S6E14: "An ARM and a Leg"

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In this episode, we talk about non-x86 architecture in the datacenter.

• Just the Tip
• Notes
• 15 Clams
• Errata
• Music

Just the Tip

• Paden’s Fable reminds you to full-disk encrypt your portable devices wherever/whenever possible and make sure your device’s runtime is also password-protected.
  • Also don’t just hit the power button to turn your laptop off probably.

Notes

Starts at 19m11s.

I was drinking water. Paden was drinking water. Jthan was drinking water.

• Alternative Hardware Architectures in the Datacenter
  • A big discussion point about e.g. ARM is the power (as in, electricity) consumption.
  • We talk about RISC, MIPS (which probably already exists in your datacenter in some iteration), and ARM a LOT.
  • ARM is not end-all, be-all. Reduced electricity consumption, sure, but its performance is inferior.
  • Jthan thinks ARM would be good for firewall appliances, but… we have MIPS for that. ARM is overkill for a network appliance.
  • I also mention FPGA, which is analogous to what RISC was originally created for.
  • We also mention POWER/PPC.
  • Jthan mentions Graviton and Graviton Challenge.

15 Clams

In this segment, Jthan shares with you a little slice of life. The title is a reference to this video. (2m16s in)

Starts at 55m08s.

Jthan rants about a 2-hour T-Mobile sales call. (He called them.)

Errata

• If you’re unfamiliar with the All Your Base Are Belong to Us meme, you are in for a TREAT.
• Jthan, the M1 absolutely has a GPU. An octocore one at that.
• If you’re unfamiliar, the cold boot attack.

Music

Author r00t^2
Categories Season Six