AMD’s CFO Devinder Kumar recently commented that AMD stands ready to manufacture Arm chips if needed, noting that the company’s customers want to work with AMD on Arm-based solutions. Kumar’s remarks came during last week’s Deutsche Bank Technology Conference, but they built on comments from AMD CEO Lisa Su earlier in the year that underscored…
The importance of technology is hard to overestimate these days, so it’s no surprise that three CEOS would make the Time 100 list of most influential people. This year’s list includes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, along with Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Apple is more than a PC maker, a smartphone maker, or…
As we can see with the new Mikron MIK32 chip, the open-source RISC-V architecture opens doors for companies to redevelop existing microcontrollers. That’s becoming even more important as countries around the world look to wean themselves off of Western technologies. But just how feasible is that approach? Inherited from the USSR, the modern Russian Federation…
With its fast, reliable memory ,Western Digital offers some of the best SSDs you can buy. Its WD Blue SN550 in particular has long been known as one of the best budget drives, and now it’s on sale for close to its lowest ever price. It’s a DRAMless drive, but the WD Blue SN550 offers…
Dynamic lighting can add an exciting level of immersion when implemented correctly and the Raspberry Pi is often the perfect vessel for adding more control over LED-focused projects. Today we’re looking at a clever creation shared to Reddit from maker Matthew Gregory who is using a Raspberry Pi to change the color of an LED…
Lexar has introduced its new lineup of SSDs that bring together extreme performance, a graphene heat spreader, and extended longevity. The Professional NM800 drives are designed primarily for high-performance desktops and inexpensive mobile or desktop workstations that can benefit from its characteristics. Interestingly, the SSDs are not too expensive too. Designed to compete with the…
Raspberry Pi computers, even the diminutive Raspberry Pi Zero, have long been used as emulators. Thanks to software like RetroPie (see how to install RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi), you can run games and apps from old computers dating back to the 1970s and 80s. Unlike other Raspberry Pi SBCs, which run Linux on chips…
AMD recently released a Far Cry 6 featurette where the chipmaker showed off some of the technologies that went into making the game. The most interesting part of the video shows how FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) provides a very substantial performance uplift in the game. Far Cry 6 is an AMD title after all so…
Today’s best Logitech G435 Lightspeed Wireless deals When buying on a budget, you have to decide which features you’re willing to cut to keep prices in line. Logitech’s G435 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset is like a solid economy sportscar: It’s reasonably quick, with a low-latency connection. It’s also lightweight and energy efficient, and it looks…
Cornell-educated Maynard Handley, one of the developers behind Apple’s Quick Time, has shared a 350 page PDF analyzing the inner workings of the M1 ARM chip. The document (current version 0.7) dives deep into the M1 architecture from a reverse-engineering perspective and is heavily fed by other professionals and enthusiasts in the field. Apple’s M1…
