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OTC CatchUp #193

Date: 20-07-2024

Duration: 3 hrs 41 mins

Topics Discussed

  • General Introductions

  • We had a discussion about compilers and different execution environments on chip.

    • CPU, GPU and NPU. GPUs run kernels, which are like functions that are meant to run on GPUs for parallel processing.

    • Viranchee L talked about how he is learning about compilers for ML applications.

  • Mohit Gangwani talked about GL.iNet routers and how they allow changing MAC addresses which is supposed to be used for privacy and security, but some people be exploit it for enabling cheat mechanisms in games.

    • We discussed how different modules invloved in the computer that runs a game can be banned by the game server.

  • We discussed the recent CrowdStrike driver issue that caused Windows BSoDs.

  • Dheeraj Lalwani shared the use of lava lamps in encryption by Cloudflare.

    • Lava Lamp Encryption: Cloudflare uses a wall of lava lamps to generate random numbers for creating encryption keys.

  • Intel’s 13th and 14th gen CPUs were reported to be crashing due to a bug in the microcode.

  • Poonam Jha shared a game UI design she created in Figma and asked for feedback.

  • Dheeraj Lalwani and Poonam Jha talked about job applications and negotiation tactics.

Attendees

  1. Bhavesh Kukreja

  2. Darshan Rander

  3. Darshit Suratwala

  4. Dheeraj Lalwani

  5. Harsh Kapadia

  6. Mohit Gangwani

  7. Poonam Jha

  8. Pranav Dani

  9. Pranav Prasanna Dani

  10. Viranchee L

  11. Wilfred Almeida

  12. Aayushi

  13. Abhinav Singh

  14. Anil Harwani

  15. Ayush Singh

  16. KsrX Duke

  17. Rakesh Kumawat

  18. Riggle Tech

  19. Sarthak

  20. Satish Baradiya

  21. Shubham Yadav

  22. Tushar Shelke

  23. Sridhar Katta

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