Tag: memory

  • Hacker News: Implementing neural networks on the "3 cent" 8-bit microcontroller

    Source URL: https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/machine-learning-mnist-inference-on-the-3-cent-microcontroller/ Source: Hacker News Title: Implementing neural networks on the "3 cent" 8-bit microcontroller Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implementation of a neural network-based inference engine for recognizing handwritten digits (from the MNIST dataset) on extremely low-end microcontrollers, specifically the Padauk 8-bit microcontroller series. It…

  • Slashdot: Spectre Flaws Still Haunt Intel, AMD as Researchers Found Fresh Attack Method

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/19/0619245/spectre-flaws-still-haunt-intel-amd-as-researchers-found-fresh-attack-method?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Spectre Flaws Still Haunt Intel, AMD as Researchers Found Fresh Attack Method Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The newly disclosed cross-process Spectre attack exposes persistent flaws in Intel and AMD processors, hindering full mitigation efforts six years after the vulnerabilities’ original report. Researchers from ETH Zurich…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: mistral.rs

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/19/mistralrs/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: mistral.rs Feedly Summary: mistral.rs Here’s an LLM inference library written in Rust. It’s not just for that one family of models – like how llama.cpp has grown beyond Llama, mistral.rs has grown beyond Mistral. This is the first time I’ve been able to run the Llama 3.2…

  • Hacker News: Cross-Process Spectre Exploitation

    Source URL: https://grsecurity.net/cross_process_spectre_exploitation Source: Hacker News Title: Cross-Process Spectre Exploitation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: This detailed text discusses a newly developed cross-process Spectre attack exploiting vulnerabilities in Intel processors, specifically involving the Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier (IBPB). The attack showcases how certain exploit methodologies can retain unauthorized data through microcode…

  • The Register: Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/spectre_problems_continue_amd_intel/ Source: The Register Title: Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method Feedly Summary: The indirect branch predictor barrier is less of a barrier than hoped Six years after the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws were disclosed, efforts to patch the problem continue to fall…

  • The Register: Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/samsung_gddr7_dram_chip/ Source: The Register Title: Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems Feedly Summary: Production slated for Q1 2025, barring any hiccups Samsung has finally stolen a march in the memory market with 24 Gb GDDR7 DRAM being released for validation in AI computing systems from GPU customers before…

  • The Register: Microsoft crafts Rust hypervisor to power Azure workloads

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/microsoft_preps_rust_hypervisor_for/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft crafts Rust hypervisor to power Azure workloads Feedly Summary: OpenVMM touts stronger security, but not ready for prime time just yet Microsoft earlier this month published code for a new hypervisor, or virtual machine monitor (VMM), written in Rust.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has…

  • Hacker News: Ask HN: Why is there not more concern about the physical security of Cloudflare?

    Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41871499 Source: Hacker News Title: Ask HN: Why is there not more concern about the physical security of Cloudflare? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text evaluates the security practices of cloud service providers, specifically focusing on the risks associated with unencrypted in-memory data and the physical security standards…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Un Ministral, des Ministraux

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/16/un-ministral-des-ministraux/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Un Ministral, des Ministraux Feedly Summary: Un Ministral, des Ministraux Two new models from Mistral: Ministral 3B and Ministral 8B (joining Mixtral, Pixtral, Codestral and Mathstral as weird naming variants on the Mistral theme. These models set a new frontier in knowledge, commonsense, reasoning, function-calling, and efficiency…

  • The Register: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/google_legacy_code/ Source: The Register Title: Google’s memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages Feedly Summary: Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the ‘foreseeable future’ Google has revealed that its approach to making programming code more memory safe involves both the adoption of memory safe languages and making unsafe languages…