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   Dev (dev@discuss.systems)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 05:10:08 JST Dev

   Oh hey https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/new-in-house-chips-round-out-microsofts-portfolio/

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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 05:10:07 JST alcinnz

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     @dev I still struggle to understand from that reporting: What do DPUs aid with?

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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 05:13:55 JST alcinnz

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     @dev Is it like the PS3's "Cell Processors"?

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     Dev (dev@discuss.systems)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 05:13:56 JST Dev

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     • alcinnz

     @alcinnz basically a low power pipelined run-to-completion architecture that takes storage and network off CPUs. It can then be optimized for power and bandwidth.

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     Dev (dev@discuss.systems)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 05:17:03 JST Dev

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     • alcinnz

     @alcinnz kind of, I guess. I can’t discuss the details much but there are presentations back from when my org was a startup :D : https://www.hc32.hotchips.org/assets/program/conference/day2/HotChips2020_Networking_Fungible_v04.pdf