In an important update from the battle to tame the Apple M1 chip into running Linux natively, as noticed by The Register, graphics developer Alyssa Rosenzweig, along with her Asahi Linux colleagues, has managed to get the Gnome Shell running on the bare metal, albeit without GPU acceleration. LLVMPipe, my shoddy display controller, and hours…
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At this year’s Hot Chips 33 presentation, IBM, one of the pioneers of a plethora of technologies we are using today, has presented its works on the IBM Telum processor powering the next generation of the infamous “Z” mainframe computers, that are the backbone of the world’s technology infrastructure. The IBM Z lineup of mainframe…
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A trio of Malaysian semiconductor manufacturers (Infineon Technologies AG, NXP Semiconductors NV and STMicroelectronics NV) have been hit hard by the surging COVID cases in the region – jeopardizing plans to lift instated lockdowns and restore full production capacity. The news, via Bloomberg is that the reported daily infection figures have pushed past 20,000 for a seven-day average,…
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If Samsung has its way, the memory chips in future desktop PCs, laptops, or GPUs could think for themselves. At Hot Chips 33, Samsung announced that it would extend its processing-in-memory technology to DDDR4 modules, GDDR6, and LPDDR5X in addition to its HBM2 chips. Earlier this year, Samsung announced its HBM2 memory with an integrated…
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Gaining admin privileges in Windows 10 usually requires authentication. However, sometimes exploits bypass these measures and give users direct access to admin privileges. According to a story on Bleeping Computer, Razer has a bug in its software that lets you gain admin access to Windows 10 operating system in a few simple steps. When using…
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Western Digital’s Blue SN550 M.2 NVMe SSD, which is hailed as one of the best SSDs on the market, may be in danger of losing its spot. Chinese news outlet Expreview reportedly discovered that Western Digital may have swapped the flash on its Blue SN550 SSD, which negatively affects its performance when the SLC (single-level…
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The Simply NUC NUC11TNF ‘Porcoolpine’ is a new fanless Intel powered NUC featuring the companies latest 11th Gen Tiger Lake Core CPUs. The NUC11TNF is designed to bring you all the power and connectivity Tiger Lake can offer in a small, durable and quiet package. The chassis is called the ‘Porcoolpine’ and yes, it looks…
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According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, the Mac Mini could be getting a major upgrade this year, with rumors floating around that Apple’s new M1X chip will be headed to a high end version of the Mac Mini later this year. Giving the Mac Mini some much needed firepower for more demanding applications beyond video…
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Raspberry Pi is typically though of as a board for software developers, makers, hobbyists, and beginners to start their journey into the world of electronics and software development. It’s used less often as a standalone computer, but engineers at Chipsee have developed an All-In-One (AIO) solution using the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The company…
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If you’ve ever seen the televised cartoon series The Simpsons, you’ve seen their famous purple TV set featured right in the introduction to each episode. This Raspberry Pi project, designed by a maker known on Reddit as Buba447, brings that iconic hardware to life with the help of a 3D printer, a Raspberry Pi and…
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