Advantech SKY-7223D Review

The Advantech SKY-7223D is a 2U short-depth server that is designed largely for 5G telco use cases. Advantech has designed the SKY Series of low-latency edge servers to fit in areas of limited space and extreme environments, when compared to traditional data centers. Like most rugged telco servers, all the I/O access is through the front including storage, PCIe, and networking. The server also has hot-swap elements built for easy, quick service in the field. (more…)
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Google & AMD Expand The Confidential Computing Ecosystem

Google has announced Confidential Computing virtual machines (VMs) on the Google Compute Engine, powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors' security. Within the disclosure, Google declared they had completed the rollout of Confidential Computing to general availability in nine regions; made possible to partners such as AMD, Red Hat, SUSE, Thales, and others. Confidential Computing can provide a flexible, isolated, hardware-based trusted execution environment, allowing adopters to protect their data and sensitive code against malicious access and memory snooping while data is in use. (more…)
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Bitcoin Falls Over 14 Percent in a Day to Around $30,000

Bitcoin had a sharp slide on Monday after touching a record high of $34,800 (roughly Rs. 25.4 lakhs) just a day earlier. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell over 14 percent after earlier touching as high as $33,670 (roughly Rs. 24.6 lakhs), wiping out more than half its 20 percent rally from New Year's Eve to a record $34,800 (roughly Rs. 25.4 lakhs) on Sunday.
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