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Rethinking the Computer: Bryan Cantrill on Oxide Servers

Stanford Online · Talk · 1 h 26 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Stanford Seminar - The Soul of a New Machine: Rethinking the Computer
Why it's here

HN points to it as the founders' own explanation of what Oxide is building and why, a frequent link whenever Oxide comes up.

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer Company gives a Stanford EE380 talk on rethinking the server. He argues that hyperscaler-style rack-scale machines with open firmware, RISC-V and Rust should be available to everyone, not just the giants.