Rich Stroffolino

About the Author:

Rich has been a tech enthusiast since he first used the speech simulator on a Magnavox Odyssey². Current areas of interest include ZFS, the false hopes of memristors, and the oral history of Transmeta.

Articles by Rich Stroffolino

Intel Shipping 10nm NUCs to Major Retailers

December 3, 2018

Intel hasn’t been able to quit their 14nm process since it was originally introduced in 2014. But Anandtech reports that Coffee Lake-based NUCs are now available in major retail channels, signaling a significant change for the company.

Haiku: Reviving the Dreams of BeOS

December 3, 2018

The Haiku beta release has been a long time coming. The alpha was originally released in 2009. Nine years later, does the beta have the features to make it worth the wait? For those wanting to revive the glory days of BeOS, it’s tempting.

The AWS ARM Chip That Wasn’t

November 28, 2018

AWS announced the availability of new EC2 instances powered by a Amazon-developed ARM processor called Graviton. But it turns out the company originally approached AMD to produce the CPU.

Build the Droids You’re Looking For with AWS RoboMaker

November 26, 2018

Amazon launched a new cloud service, AWS RoboMaker. This provides a central platform to develop, test, and deploy robotics applications. Perhaps more importantly, it provides easy integration for other AWS services into those robot apps.

Intel’s Neural Compute Stick 2

November 16, 2018

Need to do some neural network inferencing on the edge? Intel just released the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2, a $99 USB-powered device with a 16-core vision processing unit.

Radeon Returns to the Data Center

November 16, 2018

AMD returned to the data center CPU market in a big way with their Epyc platform in 2017. But what about competing with Nvidia on the GPU side? The release of the Vega 20-based Radeon Instinct cards signals that AMD is ready to try.

Raspberry Pi 3 A+: Quad-Core SoC for $25

November 15, 2018

The Raspberry Pi Foundation released a new SoC, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+. For $25, this little board gives you a quad-core ARM processor and dual-band 802.11ac.

Drobo + Nexsan = StorCentric

November 13, 2018

Drobo and Nexsan were recently swallowed up by a new company: StorCentric. In this video, CTO Gary Watson discusses how the two parts help to offer a true edge to core storage experience for customers, and what technology the two companies can lend each other going forward.

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