Intel isn’t happy that the source code for their Alder Lake BIOS has been leaked online. The UEFI code was nabbed by someone and posted to the Internet as a 6 GB file containing all kinds of secret things. One of the big finds is the private key for Intel Boot Guard, a security feature designed to create a secure booting environment. No official word has been released on who leaked the data but signs point to an ODM in China that created a Github repository that was cloned and distributed rapidly. Tom, how bad is this for Intel?
0:22 | Disk Drive Market Declining
A new report from industry firm TrendFocus is claiming that the disk drive market is in for stormy weather. The projected number of drives to be shipped in Q3 of this year is around 39 million. While that sounds like a lot it’s down 14 percent from last quarter and whopping 42 percent from the same quarter last year. Supply chain issues are always to blame in situations like this but TrendFocus is also citing lower demand from cloud providers as well as ongoing global conflicts. Max, is this due to cloud providers not growing storage at historic rates? Or are we looking at a bigger trend in drive usage overall?
Read More: Disk drive market to plunge due to inflation, war and hyperscalers’ already high inventories
3:04 | Splunk Claims Cribl Cribbed Code
Monitoring and analytics giant Splunk filed a lawsuit last week alleging intellectual property theft against the CEO of competitor Cribl. The CEO of Cribl is Clint Sharp. Clint is a former employee of Splunk and, according to the lawsuit, grabbed code from the company before he left to start his own firm. The lawsuit further claims that Cribl lured Splunk employees away and encouraged them to take even more code on their way out the door. Sharp responded by saying the goal was always to interoperate with Splunk but that he and other founders did not steal any code from the company. Tom, lawsuits are a nasty way to settle business. What’s going on here?
Read More: Splunk Files Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Cribl
7:53 | Pavilion Data is Threadbare
If you’re a fan of NVMe over Fabric storage you might want to look away for this story. News this week has come out that Pavillion Data, the last startup focused on NVMeoFabric, has gone out of business. The company looked to be on the mend after hiring new CEO Dario Zamorian last year and raising $45 million in funding. While the company didn’t exactly run out of cash it did run out of exit strategies. Zamorian reportedly tried to sell the company but couldn’t find a buyer and also couldn’t find enough money for a new funding round. Max, what does this mean for fabric’s future?
Read More: Pavilion Data – last NVMe over Fabrics flash array startup – has died
11:15 | Airlines Want 5G Made Permanent
The saga of the FAA versus 5G keeps flying along. In a new letter sent to the FCC by Aviation Spectrum Resources, Inc (ASRI), which is a representative of several industry groups, the argument is made that the ban on C-band 5G should be permanent. The letter states that the temporary ban put in place earlier this year preventing transmissions in specific frequency ranges around US airports has had no significant impact on carriers and should be made permanent to prevent issues with aircraft systems. This news comes as AT&T and Verizon begin rolling out C-band frequencies across the US to boost performance for users. Tom, are we ever going to land the debate on this issue?
Read More: Airport 5G restrictions should be made permanent, says aviation body
16:48 | Alder Lake Leaks BIOS Source
Intel isn’t happy that the source code for their Alder Lake BIOS has been leaked online. The UEFI code was nabbed by someone and posted to the Internet as a 6 GB file containing all kinds of secret things. One of the big finds is the private key for Intel Boot Guard, a security feature designed to create a secure booting environment. No official word has been released on who leaked the data but signs point to an ODM in China that created a Github repository that was cloned and distributed rapidly. Tom, how bad is this for Intel?
Read More: Intel Confirms Alder Lake BIOS Source Code Leak, New Details Emerge
26:39 | The Weeks Ahead
Google Cloud Next, October 13-15, 2022
Oracle Cloud World, October 17-20, 2022
CXL Forum at OCP Summit October 18-20, 2022
Tech Field Day 26, October 19-21, 2022
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