#SymLink: Stephen Foskett reports on multiple significant tech industry moves, including Cisco's $28B acquisition of Splunk, potential acquisitions by Palo Alto, major product unveils like Solidigm's ultra-fast SSD, and partnerships to create next-gen AI clouds, among other updates. @GestaltIT @sfoskett #AI #CFD18 #Cloud #Edge #EFD2 #LensAppIQ #Linux #Rundown #Security #SierraForest #Storage
https://gestaltit.com/rundown/stephen/cisco-set-to-acquire-splunk-gestalt-it-rundown-september-27-2023/
Cisco Set to Acquire Splunk | Gestalt IT Rundown: September 27, 2023 - Gestalt IT

Well, it finally happened folks, and I guess the third time is the charm. If rumors are to be believed, Cisco had approached Splunk on two separate occasion to talk about acquisition, but their offers were rebuffed for unknown reasons. This time it appears that all the planets and comets have aligned and Splunk has entered into a definitive agreement with Cisco to be acquired for $28B.

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Intel Sierra Forest EDAC Lands In Linux 6.4, AMD's EDAC Driver Aims For GPUs

Intel Sierra Forest EDAC Support Coming With Linux 6.4

.@IntelSoftware @IntelDevTools #oneDNN 3.1 Further Optimizing For #SapphireRapids, Starts Tuning For #SierraForest

-- Lots of improvements in oneDNN 3.1!

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-oneDNN-3.1

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1641898116151496731

Intel oneDNN 3.1 Further Optimizing For Sapphire Rapids, Starts Tuning For Sierra Forest

.@IntelDevTools Sends Out #MeteorLake & #SierraForest Patches For The @gnutools #GCC Compiler

-- Great seeing @IntelSoftware @OpenAtIntel continue in their early enablement work with #opensource compilers for new x86_64 instructions & future CPUs!!

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-GCC-MTL-Sierra-Forest

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1580862790121979904

Intel Sends Out Meteor Lake & Sierra Forest Patches For The GCC Compiler

Die CPU-Generation "Granite Rapids" erhält eine Schwesterbaureihe mit vielen Effizienz-Kernen anstelle der dicken Performance-Cores.
Intel schaut bei AMD ab: Xeon-Serverprozessoren mit Chiplets
Intel schaut bei AMD ab: Xeon-Serverprozessoren mit Chiplets

Die CPU-Generation "Granite Rapids" erhält eine Schwesterbaureihe mit vielen Effizienz-Kernen anstelle der dicken Performance-Cores.

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