Stanford Seminar - The Soul of a New Machine: Rethinking the Computer

Why it was recommended

The talk lays out a history of servers, describes the problems with the servers that you can buy from vendors today

Recommendationsteveklabnik · Original2020-07

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer Company gives a Stanford EE380 talk on rethinking the server. He argues that hyperscaler-style rack-scale machines with open firmware. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Stanford Online

Length

1 hr 26 min

Year

2020

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