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January 13

Target security breach

In regards to the Target security breach,[1] does anyone know what OS their POS terminals are using? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Apparently they were infected by Dexter (malware), an MS Windows malware. OsmanRF34 (talk) 12:56, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't know if Target uses it, but Microsoft heavily pushes Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry, and Embedded 7 Industry before that, for the POS market. They are heavily componentized versions of Windows that allow the system to be built with only the bits and pieces of the operating system needed to do the job. They also throw in features designed for centralized management and deployment. If was designing a Windows-based POS system I would definitely lean heavily towards those products, and the vendors I know would as well, although Wimdows Embedded Standard wouldn't be a bad choice either. I would be surpirsed to hear a desktop version of Windows was used because it is so much harder to lock down and control. Katie R (talk) 13:24, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Nvidia Kepler K40 IC spec, pinout where

sorry bad my english. maybe this not right place for such query, but.

background i am small shop (7 people) in Taipei now doing PCB for embedded with Intel Xeon E3-1268Lv3 to marry through PCIe 3.0 to Nvidia Tesla Kepler K40 chip for image processing purpose.

my question is where can find K40 chip specification, pinout data? call the nvidia corporate, call the nvidia consumer, all cannot know to give answer, Nvidia rep also tell to see again the website!

previous we also use Matrox chips, all the spec and pinout available to find ready.

tanx 119.56.116.246 (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

For these kind of things I'd usually expect you'd join a company's hardware partner programme, and probably sign a non disclosure agreement. The nearest thing I can find is their registered developer program, which will at least give you access to nVidia forums. That FAQ has a section "I am in a company that wants to engage NVIDIA more deeply, what should I do?" (which sounds just like you), which points to to their web contact page. As with approaching other large companies, you can often have the "shibboleet" problem, where you can't get past the barrier intended to keep out all the consumer-level inquiries - the developer forums should be able to help you negotiate that. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 00:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)