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Intel Invokes Linus Torvalds to Push Software Tools

A visibly uncomfortable appearance by Linux legend https://www.linkedin.com/in/linustorvalds/ at Intel CEO https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgelsinger‘s keynote was headline news at the company’s https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/events/on-event-series/innovation.html this week. In a conversation with Gelsinger, Torvalds recalled using a PC with a 386 chip in 1991 to create https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/4995SivOl9o/m/GwqLJlPSlCEJ.

Torvalds recalled writing Linux to the 386 CPUs, which was the main chip in the PC at the time.

Intel also announced https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/devcloud/services.html, which will provide cloud-based access to yet unreleased Intel chips that include Sapphire Rapids and Gaudi 2 AI chips.

The attestation service already features SGX, which is already in Intel chips, to create a secure execution layer in memory.