Merge pull request #878 from FCLC/Words_are_hard

add description for EasyBuild Tech Talk on AVX10

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         <h1 align="center"><img align="center" alt="EasyBuild" src="../images/easybuild_logo_small.png"/></h1><br/>
         <h4 align="center" style="color:#cccccc">EasyBuild Tech Talks VIII</h4>
-        <h2 align="center" style="color:#ffffff">AVX10 for HPC, a reasonable solution to the folly of AVX-512</h2>
+        <h2 align="center" style="color:#ffffff">AVX10 for HPC: 
+A reasonable solution to the 7 levels of AVX-512 folly </h2>
         <h4 align="center" style="color:#cccccc">Felix LeClair - Fri 13 Oct 2023</h4>
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             <em><h4>Talk description</h4></em>
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+            HPC has been using Same Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) paradigms to increase the performance of machines, libraries and codes since the early Cray Vector processors. This talk provides a historical overview of x86 SIMD from the 90's to modern and unreleased processors in the form of AVX10, specifically its impact within High Performance Computing. 
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+            Focusing on HPC, this talk is targeted on two primary demographics: Those in HPC packaging/system administration as well as those in HPC Compiler/Library optimization.  
+The end goal of this talk is to demystify AVX in all its forms, from the HPC focused AVX1, the general workload focused AVX2, and the 7 different, non-overlapping levels of AVX-512, and a return to normality with AVX10. HPC stands to benefit from AVX10 not by having new instructions, but rather by setting a new common baseline that developers, administrators and users can universally target without having had to run their own assembly routines prior to moving from one cluster to another.    
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             Outline of the talk:
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+            In the beginning, there was x87, and we've universally agreed this was a bad idea
+            MMX: Look mum! I can do two things at once!
+            SSE1-2: Now I can do 4 things, and operate on real data types! 
+            SSE3-4.2: I can do 4 things, and now I can manipulate *how* I do them 
+            AVX1: 256 bits of floating point action, time for maths to fly 
+            AVX2: You get an integer! You get an interger! Everbody get's an integer
+            AVX-512 Part 1: They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. 
+            AVX-512 Part 2: *And then things went very, very wrong*
+            AVX-512 Part 3: *Why yes, I too would like 5 more spec expantions without contiguous supersets*
+            AVX10.1/512: Ok, let's make all of the AVX-512 thing less of a PITA
+            AVX10.1/256: Ok, let's make all of the AVX-512 goodies available for consumers
+            AVX10.1/128: Ok, let's ruin all of the progress of AVX10
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