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SSD prices expected to spike as Intel, AMD ship new server processors

Prices of enterprise-grade solid-state drives are likely to jump in the coming months, perhaps by as much as 15% over current SSD prices, says TrendForce, a Taiwanese market research firm that focuses on the memory market.In a rare and no doubt unintentional move, Intel and AMD are on a path to begin shipping new processors at roughly the same time: Intel with its Ice Lake generation of Xeon processors and AMD with its Milan processors. You can expect HP Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Super Micro, and every other OEM to unleash a raft of servers at the same quarter as they usually do.To read this article in full, please click here

SSD prices expected to spike as Intel, AMD ship new server processors

Prices of enterprise-grade solid-state drives are likely to jump in the coming months, perhaps by as much as 15% over current SSD prices, says TrendForce, a Taiwanese market research firm that focuses on the memory market.In a rare and no doubt unintentional move, Intel and AMD are on a path to begin shipping new processors at roughly the same time: Intel with its Ice Lake generation of Xeon processors and AMD with its Milan processors. You can expect HP Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Super Micro, and every other OEM to unleash a raft of servers at the same quarter as they usually do.To read this article in full, please click here

Is your network AI as smart as you think?

Network-operations types tell me that, in the future, AI is going to manage their networks. They also tell me that their vendors told them that very same thing. The good news is that’s sort-of-true. The bad news is the same; with emphasis on the qualifier “sort-of”. To get the most from AI network management, you have to navigate out of that hazy “sort-of” zone, and you do it by thinking about ants and farmers.Ants can build wonderfully complex anthills, with all manner of interconnecting tunnels and levels. Do the worker ants have some mighty engineer-ant directing this process? Nope. Each of them is single-mindedly performing its own simple task, and instincts program them. There is in fact an ant-engineer, but it’s their own DNA that’s organized their work to accomplish the goal. That’s a bit like how most network AI works.To read this article in full, please click here

Extreme CEO: Cloud, hybrid workplaces drive big growth for networking

The continued growth of cloud applications, wireless technology and the COVID-19-driven enterprise hybrid workplace is making flexible networking a must.As a result the networking industry as a whole is set to experience the highest growth in years, according to Extreme Networks’ president and CEO Ed Meyercord.The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking 2021 Extreme Networks Extreme CEO Ed MeyercordTo read this article in full, please click here

How Pensando Redefines Networking with P4 DSC (SmartNIC) – Rolf Schaerer, Systems Engineer @ Pensando Systems

In this episode Rick and Melchior invited Rolf Schaerer from Pensando Systems and ask him all how Pensando redefines the Netwok Server Edge.

“A New Way of Thinking About Next-Gen Cloud Architectures” leveraging a custom, programmable P4 processor Pensanso refers to as Capri. Capri is optimized to execute a software stack delivering cloud, compute, network, storage, and security services at cloud scale. Capri is easily installed in any standard server via the Pensando Distributed Services Card (DSC). The DSC provides software-defined services at the server edge, eliminating an assortment of discrete appliances throughout the data center and simplifying IT operations.

pygnmi 10. Rapid and Reliable Network Testing with Pytest, Pygnmi, and OpenConfig

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Talking to some our partners, they mentioned that they are extensively using the unit tests python libraries for the development of the software in Python. They are creating their applications in Django framework; therefore, they are using a built-in Django testing library, which is based on Python’s standard unittest. We start looking, how we can use that ourselves…



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Can This Help with Automated Network Assurance?

What do we, network engineers, do to quickly check that our network devices are reachable? We do ping. However, is that really good enough to check that your devices are OK? The one could say: I don’t even use a ping for that, as I rely on my NMS. This is also a good answer. In the same time, though, the vast majority of the NMS doesn’t contain all the details of network devices configuration and their operational data: e.g. all the details of OSPF and Continue reading

Crystal Notes: Enums

Enums group a related number of values and store the values internally as integers. Enums are good to use when the number of values are not too big. Considerations Enums are a type safe alternative to Symbols. It is recommended to use Enums whenever possible and only use Symbols for an...continue reading

Initial Setup of MikroTik hAP ac³ Router

This tutorial will help you install and configure the MikroTik hAP ac³ dual-band wireless router for home use. In terms of hardware, the router is an excellent device offerening 5 Gigabit Ethernet ports and has two high gain wireless antennas with outstanding coverage. Operating system - RouterOS is preinstalled and licensed (Layer 4) which never […]
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LISP – OMP – BGP EVPN Interoperability – Part IV: BGP EVPN IP Prefix Route (Type 5)

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Figure 3-1 shows the Overlay Network Control-Plane interaction. Edge-xTR-11 registers reachability information (IP address and location) of EP1 to MapSrv-22. MapSrv-22 stores the information into the Mapping database and then installs it to RIB. Then MapSrv-22 exports the information to the BGP process and sends BGP Update using VPNv4 address format to Border-PxTR-13. Border-PxTR-13 imports NLRI into BRIB and RIB. Then it sends BGP Update to the local SD-WAN edge device vEdge-1. After importing the received information into BRIB and RIB, vEdge-1 exports the information to the OMP process and advertises it over a DTLS connection to vSmart (SD-WAN Control-Plane node). vSmart, in turn, advertises information to remote SD-WAN device vEdge-2. After importing the received information into the RIB, vEdge-2 exports the information to the BGP process and sends BGP Update to Border-Leaf-13. Border-Leaf-13 installs the information into BRIB and RIB. Next, Border-Leaf-13 sends BGP Update message using EVPN route type 5 (IP Prefix Route) to its iBGP peer Spine-1 (BGP Route-Reflector) using auto-generated Route-Target 65030:10077. Spine-1 forwards the BGP Update to Leaf-1, which imports the information into L3VNI used with VRF NWKT and installs the route into the VRF NWKT RIB.


Figure 3-1: Overall Control-Plane Operation.

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Intel revises its chip terminology and branding

Intel is pledging to introduce a faster generation of processors every year through 2025 by embracing new technology that enables smaller and smaller transistors and so more powerful chips.By 2024, the transistors will be so small they will no longer be measured in nanometers as they are today, but in angstroms, which are a tenth as big, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced this week. And the chips built around the transistors will be primarily defined by how much they improve in performance per watt over the prior generation.The roadmap Gelsinger set down is as follows: Intel 10nm SuperFIN: In production now. This is Intel’s “Tiger Lake” generation Intel 7: In production under the name “Adler Lake,” with 10-15% more performance/watt over the prior generation. Intel 4 (Intel 7nm): Q2 2021 tapeout, with 20% greater performance/watt than the prior generation. “Meteor Lake” for the client, “Grand Rapids” for the Xeon. Intel 3: Ready for manufacture in the second half of 2023. Intel 20A: This ushers in the angstrom era. It is expected to ramp in 2024. 2025 and beyond: Intel 18A is in development for early 2025 based on expected refinements to the manufacturing process that will deliver another Continue reading

Intel revises its chip terminology and branding

Intel is pledging to introduce a faster generation of processors every year through 2025 by embracing new technology that enables smaller and smaller transistors and so more powerful chips.By 2024, the transistors will be so small they will no longer be measured in nanometers as they are today, but in angstroms, which are a tenth as big, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced this week. And the chips built around the transistors will be primarily defined by how much they improve in performance per watt over the prior generation.The roadmap Gelsinger set down is as follows: Intel 10nm SuperFIN: In production now. This is Intel’s “Tiger Lake” generation Intel 7: In production under the name “Adler Lake,” with 10-15% more performance/watt over the prior generation. Intel 4 (Intel 7nm): Q2 2021 tapeout, with 20% greater performance/watt than the prior generation. “Meteor Lake” for the client, “Grand Rapids” for the Xeon. Intel 3: Ready for manufacture in the second half of 2023. Intel 20A: This ushers in the angstrom era. It is expected to ramp in 2024. 2025 and beyond: Intel 18A is in development for early 2025 based on expected refinements to the manufacturing process that will deliver another Continue reading

Weekend Reads 073021


One of the hottest areas of scientific research that peripherally will affect every tech industry is battery research. It seems like every year there are big breakthroughs in battery capability. Today I look at four of the recent announcements.


Tech companies have a long history of mishandling contacts, and the industry has been slow to give people more control.


However, ColdQuanta is betting that a modality that its founders and engineers have been working on for 15 years – cold atom – will establish itself as a method that will establish itself as quantum computing moves from a developing technology to an established global market.


Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare last month fixed a critical vulnerability in its CDNJS library that’s used by 12.7% of all websites on the internet.


The end-users of these platforms are not in control of their virtual presence; if anything, they are at the mercy of these platforms to a large extent.


Cyber hygiene and patching are key measures towards protecting data and systems. However, it’s not always possible or practical to patch when vulnerabilities and associated patches are announced. This problem gives rise to day one exploits.


Data-localization policies are spreading Continue reading

Heavy Networking 591: Want Network Automation? Start With Compliance And Validation (Sponsored)

On today's Heavy Networking podcast we discuss network compliance. The big idea is to rethink how you do compliance so that the process is automation friendly and accommodates all the network device types you have to manage. We're sponsored by Itential and our guest is Chris Wade, CTO.

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IPv6 Buzz 081: App Development And IPv6

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, hosts Ed and Tom speak with Richard Campbell all about app development and IPv6, including challenges developers face with the protocol, IPv6 adoption among developers, and more. Richard is a Microsoft veteran, DevOps manager, and host of the tech podcasts RunAs Radio and .NET Rocks.
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