# Linux Action News 84

URL: /show/linux-action-news/84/
> Intel developers are working to open source the FSP, Fuchsia SDK and device repos show up in Android AOSP, and our BSD buddies have some big news.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 84
- Date: 2018-12-16
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:18:28
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/3f0639a7-40a1-41e9-b8f1-7cf30cf42c04.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW4yYCh0R2s





### Episode Links

  * [Intel Working On Open-Sourcing The FSP](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Open-Source-FSP-Likely "Intel Working On Open-Sourcing The FSP") — Firmware support package (FSP) for initializing the Intel silicon - the CPU, memory controller, chipset.
  * [Intel introduces the deep learning reference stack](https://01.org/blogs/imad/2018/intel-introduces-deep-learning-reference-stack "Intel introduces the deep learning reference stack") — The Deep Learning Reference Stack is highly-tuned and built for cloud native environments. 
  * [Uber brings Horovod project for distributed deep learning to Linux Foundation](https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/13/uber-and-linux-foundation-launch-horovod-project-for-distributed-deep-learning/ "Uber brings Horovod project for distributed deep learning to Linux Foundation") — Uber has used Horovod to support self-driving vehicles, fraud detection, and trip forecasting. Contributors to the project include Amazon, IBM, Intel, and Nvidia.
  * [The x32 subarchitecture may be removed](https://lwn.net/Articles/774734/ "The x32 subarchitecture may be removed") — The x32 subarchitecture is a software variant of x86-64; it runs the processor in the 64-bit mode, but uses 32-bit pointers and arithmetic.
  * [Android Open Source Project now includes the Fuchsia SDK and a Fuchsia ‘device’](https://9to5google.com/2018/12/11/aosp-fuchsia-sdk-device/ "Android Open Source Project now includes the Fuchsia SDK and a Fuchsia ‘device’") — This means that everyone who downloads AOSP, going forward, will download these two Fuchsia related repos.
  * [FreeBSD 12.0 released](https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/announce.html "FreeBSD 12.0 released") — The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of the stable/12 branch.
  * [Ho, Ho, Ho - 12.0 | BSD Now 276](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128421/ho-ho-ho-12-0-bsd-now-276/ "Ho, Ho, Ho - 12.0 | BSD Now 276")