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By: Meike Chabowski

July 17, 2023 1:43 pm

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New tuning guide: Optimizing Linux for AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors

EPYC is AMD’s flagship mainstream server microprocessors and supports 1-way and 2-way multiprocessing. The first generation was originally announced back in May 2017: At time being, it replaced the previous Opteron server family with the introduction of the Zen microarchitecture for the mainstream market. 4nd Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors With the fourth iteration of […]

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By: Meike Chabowski

March 22, 2021 1:49 pm

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Compiler in the News: Advanced Optimization and New Capabilities of GCC 10

My colleague Martin Jambor has joined forces with Jan Hubička, Martin Liška, Richard Biener, all experts from our SUSE Labs and toolchain development team as well, and Brent Hollingsworth from AMD, to write a new SUSE Best Practices document about the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 10. Now we are happy to […]

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By: Meike Chabowski

December 3, 2019 9:34 am

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Epic Performance with New Tuning Guide – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on AMD EPYC* 7002 Series Processors

EPYC is AMD's flagship mainstream server microprocessors and supports 1-way and 2-way multiprocessing. The first generation was originally announced back in May 2017 and replaced the previous Opteron server family with the introduction of the Zen microarchitecture for the mainstream market.   2nd Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors With the second iteration of the EPYC […]

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By: Michael Tabron

August 13, 2018 3:42 pm

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With SAP HANA Benchmark comparisons, sometimes “the devil is in the details”

People often use the expression “the devil is in the details” when something looks good on the surface but when you look closer, you see hidden tricks or “a catch” that make it less attractive. Usually it’s a warning to pay close attention to details that might cause an undesirable result. Until […]

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By: Michael Tabron

July 17, 2017 8:58 am

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Transform Your SAP Infrastructure like a Chameleon: Part 2

In my last blog I talked about how the chameleon has a natural ability to change the structure of its skin to change colors in just seconds. It's not doing this to blend in but to adapt to changes in its environment, attract a mate, react to a rival, or just to express emotions. Similarly […]

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