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Announcing general availability of the world's first commercial cloud computer
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The first Oxide rack being prepared for customer shipment!
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We are very excited to show off more about what we have been working on!
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The future of your on-prem cloud is bright, literally!
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Looks like we picked the right day to not have UEFI -- or a BIOS for that matter
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Oxide- efficiency you can hear! It's unreal how much quieter 32 Oxide sleds are vs just two commodity servers. All that noise is your power and cooling budget being burned up by tiny, screaming fans in inefficient legacy servers, let us show you a better way!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@Jonathan_Blow
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Join us as the legendary game designer takes us from collision detection on the Atari 800, through his adventures with the (in)famous Cell processor and the development of his own programming language!
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On the Metal is back! For 3 episodes! Starting with
@jgrahamc
, join us as we step back in time and learn about how John got started in computers, hacking his school's network to make his own network faster, and all sorts of details of computing history.
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"Please make sure that your computer is safely stowed under the seat in front of you."
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We are shipping our first racks by the end of the year, and we are very excited to get our new website up -- including many more details about what we've done and why. Awesome work,
@lenjaminbeonard
and crew!
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We support the OpenTF efforts to assure an open source Terraform. Like other signatories, our preference is for HashiCorp to revert to MPLv2 for Terraform -- but we support a fork if it is the only path to keeping Terraform open source. Our full statement:
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We're taking a first look at the Oxide Rack. These guys promise a turn-key on-prem cloud solution. They have designed everything from the temperature sensors on the boards to a new way to boot without BIOS, all the way up to the software stack for management.
@oxidecomputer
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When we built the Oxide Cloud Computer, we wanted to rectify (no pun intended!) a major issue with traditional servers: power supply + efficiency.
Legacy infrastructure is wildly inefficient - each traditional server is individually plugged into power supplies converting AC to
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With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, we have opened Helios, the illumos distribution that powers the Oxide rack
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We have open sourced our software for many reasons, but not least among them is allowing employees to show details of their work that would otherwise be unseen. Welcome aboard,
@mycoliza
!
merged by first (non-trivial) PR at the new job, adding a new virtual device to the Oxide hypervisor:
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We wrote up our process for Requests for Discussion after some folks requested it. Here it is!
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Sending out immaculate datacenter vibes for your Thursday - with the correct aspect ratio 😉
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Sending out immaculate datacenter vibes for your Thursday
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Join us as we hear Jeff Rothschild’s stories from his impressive technical endeavors including disassembling MS-DOS, editing machine code in an octal editor, trolling coworkers in error messages, the origin story of ftruncate, and more.
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When we built the Oxide Cloud Computer, we wanted to rectify (no pun intended!) a major issue with traditional servers: power supply + efficiency.
Legacy infrastructure is wildly inefficient - each traditional server is individually plugged into power supplies converting AC to
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Oxide- efficiency you can hear! It's unreal how much quieter 32 Oxide sleds are vs just two commodity servers. All that noise is your power and cooling budget being burned up by tiny, screaming fans in inefficient legacy servers, let us show you a better way!
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We always appreciate our investors, but especially after this most turbulent weekend: so many of you were ready to do whatever was needed to assure that our business was not disrupted. Talk is cheap; commitments to wire funds are less so. From all of us at Oxide, thank you!
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☺️🙏
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If you are interested in Oxide stickers sign up here:
We only have a limited quantity so it's first in, first out.
We’ve got our first batch of
@oxidecomputer
stickers!
@jessfraz
doing quality control
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Should you wonder why we bucked the industry by not having a UEFI BIOS, check out these vulnerabilities found by
@quarkslab
: the vulnerabilities themselves are bad enough, but the responses from the affected vendors are somehow even worse. Customers deserve better!
Is remote code execution in UEFI firmware possible?
Yes it is.
Meet
#PixieFAIL
: 9 vulnerabilities in the IPv6 stack of EDK II, the open source UEFI implementation used by billions of computers.
Full details by
@fdfalcon
and
@4Dgifts
in our new blog post:
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Perhaps it's time for us to write a blog entry explaining why we have no per-core licensing -- or software licensing at all, for that matter?
Being screwed by
@broadcom
hard right now. Pushed to buy 3 year license in Oct now to find licensing expansion will require all new hardware procurement because licensing models are "incompatible". Spending hundreds of thousands to be treated like this is gutting.
#broadcomsucks
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For those interested in learning more about the story behind our recent redesign, the folks at Pentagram published a case study!
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The problem is the level of abstraction: the modern computer should be rack-scale and software driven, with built-in primitives for elastic compute, storage and networking that allow for services to be readily built. Having built it (at last!), we believe this more than ever...
I just… we knew how to do this. We even learned how to do it on commodity hardware. It wasn’t perfect, and nobody thought it was fun, but we’re all the way to saying you can’t run an elastic search cluster because administration is impossible?
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If you are wondering about our approach to platform initialization, see this excellent explanation from
@dave_universetf
👇🧵
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Teamwork makes the dream work! Fantastic conversations about how Oxide helps customers achieve their goals this week at Red Hat Summit 2024 🚀
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We found an incredible surprise waiting for us at the office courtesy of
@bcrussett
: a 3D-printed bust of John von Neumann! The statue is beautiful -- and the color of the lettering is 👨🍳😘! A deeply heartfelt THANK YOU, from all of us at Oxide!
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To date the most exciting and fascinating startup I visited. Been meaning to share my impressions more broadly - and it will now happen in a few weeks! This is
@oxidecomputer
and they are building a startup on hard mode. Love to see it!!
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Very few startups in the physical servers space. It’s a really interesting area, though… Wonder if tooling for on prem were 10,000x better (it would have to be this dramatic,) if it could take a meaningful chunk out of cloud for some kinda of companies.
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Perfect. I have an open ticket with VMware and Dell and they have to work together on my support ticket. I feel like I’m dealing with my divorced parents.
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Are you a technical program manager looking for an exciting new challenge? We're hiring a TPM for our first product, a rack-scale computer!
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A mesmerizing dissection of a familiar tone -- one that you may recognize from the theme music for our "On the Metal" podcast!
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Interested in
@rustlang
and looking for a distraction in these tough times? Thanks to quick work by
@OxidizeConf
, you can (virtually) attend
#oxidize1k
tomorrow (5p CEST/12p EDT/9a PDT) -- including a talk on
@talkingtock
by
@bcantrill
!
We want
#oxidize1k
to be a great way for people to experience
#embedded
@rustlang
for the first time!
If you know folks interested or working in embedded systems, but not yet familiar with Rust, we'd love for you to share our event with them, or RT this!
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On this episode of On the Metal, we interview Ken Shirriff (
@kenshirriff
), long-time computer programmer, retro computer aficionado, analog computer programmer, and miner of bitcoin by hand.
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On this episode of On the Metal, we interview
@starsandrobots
, autonomous aviation visionary, insatiably curious engineer, and relentless optimizer.
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The DEFCON talk from
@openlabbott
and
@mxshift
is up, and Laura nails it in her summary: the path forward for secure systems is transparent hardware and open firmware. And in this regard, we at
@oxidecomputer
very much intend to be the change that we wish to see in the world!
(
#defcon29
video) Breaking TrustZone-M: Privilege Escalation on LPC55S69 — Laura Abbott & Rick Altherr, Oxide Computer
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@openlabbott
@kc8apf
@oxidecomputer
@NXP
@Arm
@ConfidentialC2
@OpenComputePrj
#RootofTrust
#openfirmware
#infosec
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@jonmasters
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Join us for a computer architectural whirlwind with the self-proclaimed Patron Saint of Lost Computational Causes -- and learn why he hates simultaneous multithreading and loves UEFI (?!)
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We're honored to be included in a pantheon of companies that have had such lasting legacies!
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Thank you all for your kind words of support! A bunch of great follow-up questions came up in the Hacker News thread yesterday; tomorrow on Oxide and Friends,
@ahl
and
@bcantrill
will be joined by
@sdtuck
to answer them. Join live, 5pm Pacific!
The first Oxide rack being prepared for customer shipment!
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This week we are going to have some fun :) we made a few renditions of our logo that are a blast from the past! Each day we will unveil one for a different decade... starting with the 90s!
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Headed out to the Bay Area for OCP Summit? Interested in a sneak peek at the Oxide rack and some nerd out time with Oxide engineers? Sign up for our newsletter for details about an exclusive open house that week at our offices in Emeryville!
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Bad news: no Oxide and Friends today as
@ahl
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#AustinAPISummit
!)
Good news: we have open sourced the repositories behind our RFD site -- thank you,
@lenjaminbeonard
!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/ Ron Minnich 🚨
Join us to hear a mesmerizing conversation about Unix, Plan9, LinuxBIOS, Chromebooks, RISC-V, of course some Gentoo jokes, flip flop programming toys, and more!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@aka_pugs
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Join us as Tom recounts losing bits in the hallway at Princeton, the peril of software-refreshed DRAM, and how to write a token ring driver from scratch in two weeks and still be mistaken for someone from sales.
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A few people have asked... YES, we will be at the Open Compute Summit and YES, if you hunt down one of us we may have some secret swag ;)
See you there!!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@qrs
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Join us as we step into the negative privilege rings with stories of reverse engineering lightbulbs & a Canon 5D Mark 2, hacking a Mac SE, dissecting modchips, evil maid attacks, and more.
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We summarized some of what's been happening at Oxide over the past month, check it out!
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Come along for the ride as I figure out how to run
@oxidecomputer
's open source software on my own hardware, starting with Propolis, their bhyve hypervisor interface! It's oxide at home.
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Want an insight into design at Oxide? Follow us on Dribbble, we'll be posting regularly – shots of the console in progress, the rack's industrial design, generative branding, and more!
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This (2nd!) vulnerability that
@openlabbott
has found in the LPC55S69 highlights the need for transparency throughout the stack. We believe in open source for many reasons; not least is our belief that customers deserve to know what's running on their computer!
I had so much fun with finding an issue in the LPC55S69 I found another!
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Serious engineers will eventually build their own hardware
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We continue with the 80s: time of the IBM PS/2, Sinclair ZX80, Apple Lisa, Flash Memory, SCSI-1, and more!
Who can name the inspiration for these!?
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What a week! Red Hat OpenShift Containers running on our own Cloud Computer, countless supporters stopping by to see the computer in person, and so many folks who heard about Oxide for the first time! Thanks for the love
#RHSummit
community!
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As an East Bay company, we are very grateful for the work that the
@Oakland68s
and
@LastDiveBar
have done to serve our community. Fans Fest is going to be an awesome event; we are proud to be a sponsor!
On behalf of the Oakland 68’s and us at the Last Dive Bar we thank
@oxidecomputer
for signing on to be a sponsor of the February 24th Fans Fest at Bloc15, Jack London Square.
Oxide’s mission is to “kick butt, have fun, don't cheat, love their customers and change computing
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OH: "Oxide is so full stack that PWA means at least two different things"
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We (obviously!) love On the Metal, but we have found that using
@TwitterSpaces
for Oxide and Friends has allowed for more dynamic content -- and many more voices. (And, dare we say, fewer ad breaks?) A quick thread with a few favorites from the past year... 1/
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We published transcripts for On the Metal! The AI is iffy on some technical terms so if you find errors, send a pull request!
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We are honored that
@axodotdev
has been explicitly inspired by our hiring process, and we hope that together we can similarly inspire others!
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🧐
Customers are asking,
How do I get the economics of on-prem with the operating experience of the public cloud?
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This seasons must have decoration…the
@oxidecomputer
snowflake (I don’t have a tree to hang it)
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"This is a BMC-free computer. That's the kind of feature you dream about: no BMC! Service processors? Welcome! But if you are a BMC or planning on becoming a BMC anytime soon, this is not your computer, stay home."
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COBOL, IBM 1400, ASCII, Apollo Guidance Computer read-only rope memory, the infamous "GO TO statement considered harmful" letter....
it's the 60s!
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We are pleased to announce that your registration for
@osfc_io
includes a field trip to our offices in Emeryville -- featuring food, drink, and plenty of computers running open source firmware! Last chance for early bird tickets is 7/31; get yours today!
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The Amdahl 470, ILLIAC IV, Xerox PARC Alto, C programming language released...
we must be in the 70s!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode 🚨
@sdtuck
,
@bcantrill
, and
@jessfraz
reflect on season 1 of On the Metal. Join us as we reminisce about some of our favorite parts. We also uncover some aspects of the podcast you never heard about!
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Impossible? That's a far-fetched claim,
@WIRED
And it's hardly "taking over tech." Nobody I know would consider using it.
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Wondering how we have built the Oxide rack with a remote hardware team? Forgive us the click bait, but it really does come down to one important trick; check out
@SyntheticGate
's blog entry for the reveal!
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Oxide's unique ability to provide a rack-scale system inclusive of hardware and API-driven software gives enterprise CIOs the opportunity to focus on the apps and services that grow their business, not the undifferentiated lifting of standing up a private cloud from piece parts
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We never get tired of seeing that look!
Amusing exchange just now...
Guy, sees sleeve my jacket: “Hi! That’s a cool logo, what’s... ‘Oxide’?”
Me: “oh! It’s a computer company”
Guy (self-doubtful, disbelieving): “you mean like.. they make computers?”
Me: “yes!”
(You’ll just have to imagine his face)
cc
@oxidecomputer
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Curious about the software we needed to build for the custom switch in the Oxide rack? You will not want to miss our Oxide and Friends on Monday as
@bcantrill
and
@ahl
are joined by
@rgoodfel
and the networking team; join live or subscribe to the podcast!
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“‘We’re going to potentially have to come off VMware...is this an opportunity to actually modernize our infrastructure at the same time?’” If the VMware shakeup has you rethinking your strategy, get in touch to learn more about the Cloud Computer
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Here's to serving an underserved market!
New: Here's an exclusive look at
@oxidecomputer
, a new venture from
@bcantrill
@jessfraz
and
@sdtuck
that's attempting something rarely seen in modern SIlicon Valley: They're building a new computer company.
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Two weeks ago I promised you more Oxide posts. Today I'll tell you how I ported their embedded kernel Hubris to my watch. If you like rust and small chips then have I got a post for you!
Oh and I did a little twister demo too. couldn't help myself :).
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@KWF
🚨
Join us as we delight in the underbelly of the internet, learn about OG ASNs, run upon illegal cabling -- and thrill in the discovery of a root DNS server thirty feet away.
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@digiamir
🚨
Join us as we listen to stories of growing up & coming up in Silicon Valley, from answering a Craigslist ad during the Dot Com Bust, through starting a project at Facebook that became an industry-wide movement!
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Looking at where
@oxidecomputer
fits into the ‘VMware alternative’ discussion. It’s different. Reinvent the whole thing.
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Get ready for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on the Oxide Cloud Computer! We'll demo the solution this week at
#RHSummit
booth 306. Interested in being one of the first to experience Red Hat on Oxide? Sign up here for more information:
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DC. It’s a lot of cables, mess, and waste.
At Oxide, we’re finally bringing the same kind of efficiencies harnessed by major public cloud providers on prem, accessible to everyone. That ethos is reflected in every layer of the stack, in every choice that we made in building
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Engineer
@arjenroodselaar
with an exciting new arrival: the office copy of
@TubeTimeUS
and Windell Oskay's gorgeous book!
I'm happy to announce my new book, Open Circuits! Windell Oskay and I painstakingly cross sectioned, cut, sanded, polished, and cleaned over 100 electronic components and took sumptuous photos. Check out the sample chapter!
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🚨 New On the Metal episode w/
@kc8apf
🚨
Join us as we discuss impossible bugs, fires in the data center, reverse engineering BMC firmware, BMC vulnerabilities, Cray computers, and Windows NT on MIPS. Yup you heard that right!
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"Unfortunate but reasonable" 🤣
TFW you really need a CEM slot but only have U.2 bays…
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