Episode 496: It’s Not About Being Paranoid

This week, we discuss Intel’s CEO “resignation,” the rise of custom silicon, and the biggest announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some thoughts on the simple satisfaction of label makers.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 496

Runner-up Titles

re:Primitives
Primitives, Re:invented
Chatbots, Call Center Agents and Dev Co-Pilots.
Thanksquitting
Even the paranoid die
Pardon me while I commoditize your business.
Being paranoid has nothing to do with it
This is a trailing indicator
Robotic Cows.
ARMchair Quarterbacking (that was funny!)
Arm is going to get X86’d
One Bill

Rundown

Intel

Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger
Intel CEO Forced Out After Board Grew Frustrated With Progress
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Resigns After Struggling to Turn Around Chip Maker
Intel CEO takes his leave as ambition meets reality
Are Intel’s Problems Too Big to Fix?
Nvidia Keeps Its Old Chips Selling Hot

AWS Re:invent 2024

Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services
CEO Matt Garman unveils the future of cloud with generative AI and agentic workflows
Introducing queryable object metadata for Amazon S3 buckets (preview)
Amazon EC2 Trn2 Instances and Trn2 UltraServers for AI/ML training and inference are now available
New Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities include generating documentation, code reviews, and unit tests
Build faster, more cost-efficient, highly accurate models with Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation (preview)
New APIs in Amazon Bedrock to enhance RAG applications, now available
New RAG evaluation and LLM-as-a-judge capabilities in Amazon Bedrock

Relevant to your Interests

1Password Interviewing Banks for Possible 2025 Public Offering
FTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft | TechCrunch
This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want
Some Simple Economics of the Google Antitrust Case - Marginal REVOLUTION
Modern Work Fucking Sucks.
Broadcom Announces the General Availability of VMware Tanzu Platform
Gartner Identifies Top Three Priorities for CMOs to Deliver Marketing Excellence in 2025
Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale
LogicMonitor's massive $800M raise shows AI is driving the demand monitoring

Nonsense

Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life

Conferences

CfgMgmtCamp, February 2-5, 2025.
DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP

SDT News & Community

Join our Slack community
Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com
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Recommendations

Brandon:

Apple AirTags
Cloud News of the Month - November 2024

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Coté:

Claude is great for D&D.
Platform Engineering and UK Digital People, with Abby Bangser

Photo Credits

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It’s Not About Being Paranoid

Episode 496

December 6th, 2024

58 mins 11 secs

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About this Episode

This week, we discuss Intel’s CEO “resignation,” the rise of custom silicon, and the biggest announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some thoughts on the simple satisfaction of label makers.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 496

Runner-up Titles

• re:Primitives

• Primitives, Re:invented

• Chatbots, Call Center Agents and Dev Co-Pilots.

• Thanksquitting

• Even the paranoid die

• Pardon me while I commoditize your business.

• Being paranoid has nothing to do with it

• This is a trailing indicator

• Robotic Cows.

• ARMchair Quarterbacking (that was funny!)

• Arm is going to get X86’d

• One Bill

Rundown

• Intel

• Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

• Intel CEO Forced Out After Board Grew Frustrated With Progress

• Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Resigns After Struggling to Turn Around Chip Maker

• Intel CEO takes his leave as ambition meets reality

• Are Intel’s Problems Too Big to Fix?

• Nvidia Keeps Its Old Chips Selling Hot

• AWS Re:invent 2024

• Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services

• CEO Matt Garman unveils the future of cloud with generative AI and agentic workflows

• Introducing queryable object metadata for Amazon S3 buckets (preview)

• Amazon EC2 Trn2 Instances and Trn2 UltraServers for AI/ML training and inference are now available

• New Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities include generating documentation, code reviews, and unit tests

• Build faster, more cost-efficient, highly accurate models with Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation (preview)

• New APIs in Amazon Bedrock to enhance RAG applications, now available

• New RAG evaluation and LLM-as-a-judge capabilities in Amazon Bedrock

Relevant to your Interests

• 1Password Interviewing Banks for Possible 2025 Public Offering

• FTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft | TechCrunch

• This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want

• Some Simple Economics of the Google Antitrust Case - Marginal REVOLUTION

• Modern Work Fucking Sucks.

• Broadcom Announces the General Availability of VMware Tanzu Platform

• Gartner Identifies Top Three Priorities for CMOs to Deliver Marketing Excellence in 2025

• Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale

• LogicMonitor's massive $800M raise shows AI is driving the demand monitoring

Nonsense

• Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air

• How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life

Conferences

• CfgMgmtCamp, February 2-5, 2025.

• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP

SDT News & Community

• Join our Slack community

• Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com

• Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com

• Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky

• Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok

• Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté

• Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com

Recommendations

• Brandon:

• Apple AirTags

• Cloud News of the Month - November 2024

• Matt: Factorio: Space Age

• Coté:

• Claude is great for D&D.

• Platform Engineering and UK Digital People, with Abby Bangser

Photo Credits

• Header

• Artwork

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