There’s a moment in Wreck It Ralph when Fix-It Felix, Jr. strikes the bars on his cell window in hope of escaping confinement only for his magic hammer to strengthen the bars instead. Sometimes it seems like Bitcoin and Ethereum have a similarly enchanted tool lying around, because despite all odds, their prices are rising…
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Nvidia has announced a new RTX A2000 desktop GPU entering its A-series workstation lineup, featuring 6GB of memory and a low-profile form factor. This GPU will be Nvidia’s new mid-range offering for the workstation market, packing the latest Ampere architecture with 2nd gen RT cores and 3rd gen Tensor cores. This new A2000 is not…
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A research team with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have designed a quantum cryptography chip aimed at the security demands of the quantum computing revolution. The RISC-V chip, which was already sent to manufacturing according to the researchers’ design, aims to be a working proof of concept for protecting systems against quantum computing-based attacks,…
DetailsThe Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) is often used in deeply embedded applications which require custom carrier boards. Powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor, the Compute Module 4 distils the power of the Raspberry Pi 4 into a much smaller package. The smallest Minimal Carrier Board for Raspberry Pi CM4 board, MinCab, has…
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There’s a small, but interesting cottage industry in Raspberry Pi-powered macro keypads you can use to add some custom functions to your PC. A few years ago, Pimoroni launched its Keybow, which relies on a Raspberry Pi Zero but you need to wait for it to boot every time you plug it in and you…
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VRS on versus VRS off (Image credit: Microsoft) Variable rate shading (VRS) is a type of rendering technique used by Nvidia graphics cards based on the Turing (RTX 20-series and GTX 16-series cards) and Ampere (RTX 30-series) architectures, as well as Intel’s Gen11 graphics architecture, which arrived in laptops in 2019 via Intel’s 10nm Ice…
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According to a new test submission, Gigabyte, one of the biggest PC hardware makers, is preparing to adopt the next generation of Intel processors codenamed Alder Lake. VideoCardz spotted a UserBenchmark test submission that reveals an AORUS 17G 17YE5 laptop with a mobile Alder Lake processor. Alder Lake is a codename devoted to Intel’s 12th-Gen…
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Epomaker has a knack for crowdfunding keyboards with unique design elements and actually bringing them to market. You can find some of its best budget mechanical keyboards all over sites like Amazon, providing some credibility for when it launches a new crowdfunding project. The Epomaker NT68 Kickstarter launched today with plans to ship in October.…
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is a product of the times, delivering a reasonable overall package, but with somewhat lackluster specs and performance given the price. It’s by far the most expensive ‘mainstream’ part we’ve seen so far, though such discussions are basically meaningless in the wake of ongoing GPU shortages. Look at our…
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Taiwanese computer hardware giant, Gigabyte, has suffered a ransomware attack (via The Record) by the RansomEXX hacking group. Not only did the group manage to get into the Gigabyte headquarters server, but they have stolen as much as 112GB of confidential data. The hack, which took place last week was perpetrated by RansomEXX, a group…
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