From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Oct 1 09:11:32 2012 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:11:32 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG this week Message-ID: * This week's meeting on SMPng * Got arms? FreeBSD and NetBSD on the BeagleBone * Holiday Meeting: Be a Grinch. Gripes and Rants about Technology ******* October 3 @ 18:45 - Location: Suspenders How SMPng Works and Why It Doesn't Work The Way You Think, John Baldwin Modern x86 CPUs have hit a wall in frequency scaling and are now expanding sideways by adding more cores. Adding more cores does not magically multiply performance, however. John talks about some of the reasons that it doesn't. In 2000, FreeBSD launched a project to multithread its kernel to more fully take advantage of modern SMP machines. This talk will give an overview of that project's history and continuing work on improving scalability. About the speaker: John first started using FreeBSD in 1996 and has been an active kernel developer since 2000. He has worked for various companies that use FreeBSD including The Weather Channel and Yahoo!. John lives in New Jersey with his wife and three kids. ******* We are looking at doing an arm architecture hackfest. Our preferred hardware is the BeagleBone, although other hardware is certainly welcome. We're working out details and will have some more information in the near future. ******* The holidays are usually about giving back, and feeling warm and nice with family and friends. But then there's the Grinch. We all have it in us. Let it out of you. Give ten minutes to let others know what you "hate" and why. The cloud? Some scripting language or another? Specific standards, or the lack of? More details coming on this, but give it some thought. There's at least some things we all have our gripes about, and you'll have the opportunity to voice your opinion, and maybe find a sympathetic audience. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Oct 3 10:03:28 2012 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:03:28 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tonight on SMPng by John Baldwin Message-ID: * Tonight's Meeting * MeetBSD November 3 & 4 in Sunnyvale, California * Holiday Meeting: Be a Grinch October 3, 2012 @ 18:45 - Location: Suspenders http://www.nycbug.org/?action=locations#suspenders How SMPng Works and Why It Doesn't Work The Way You Think, John Baldwin Modern x86 CPUs have hit a wall in frequency scaling and are now expanding sideways by adding more cores. Adding more cores does not magically multiply performance, however. John talks about some of the reasons that it doesn't. In 2000, FreeBSD launched a project to multithread its kernel to more fully take advantage of modern SMP machines. This talk will give an overview of that project's history and continuing work on improving scalability. About the speaker: John first started using FreeBSD in 1996 and has been an active kernel developer since 2000. He has worked for various companies that use FreeBSD including The Weather Channel and Yahoo!. John lives in New Jersey with his wife and three kids. **** MeetBSD will be held November 3rd and 4th in Sunnyvale, California. We are alternating NYCBSDCon with MeetBSD, and the even year is theirs. So we strongly encourage you to attend and take part in the array of conference activities: from break-out sessions to lightning talks. https://www.meetbsd.com/ **** This year's holiday meeting will be December 5th, and will provide an opportunity to be a Grinch. Reserve your 10 minute slot to grip and be grumpy. What do you hate? There's plenty of headaches we all face day-to-day which others can relate to. Standards or lack thereof? Specific applications or services that have wide usage? Start thinking about your grip, and keep an ear out for when we open submissions for the party.