Hardware
- Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMDarstechnica.com Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD
Microsoft demands an NPU capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second.
- Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other placeswww.zdnet.com Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places
No, really! Floppy drives still live on in many surprising places, and not just the homes of die-hard techies.
- The 4K CRT Monitor from 2005 - Siemens SMM21201P MED
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- Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he's now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than everwww.tomshardware.com Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he's now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than ever
Ampere's powerful Arm CPUs give the developer a hand in Linux testing
- Possible to plug multiple m.2 SSDs into one m.2 slot?
A search for this only brings up adapters to plug M.2 drives into a PCIE slot which is not what I want because I don't have a PCIE slot.
What I want is M.2 > M.2 (2x, 3x, etc). Does this exist?
- Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performancewww.tomshardware.com Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performance
The new software leverages Thunderbolt technology to get more out of your PCs at home or in the office.
- OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year endwww.tomshardware.com OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year end
If the trend plays out it will represent a 161% annual growth rate.
- Massive Dell blunder leaks Intel and Nvidia's mobile roadmaps — Nova Lake, Panther Lake CPUs and GENxx Nvidia GPUs listedwww.tomshardware.com Massive Dell blunder leaks Intel and Nvidia's mobile roadmaps — Nova Lake, Panther Lake CPUs and GENxx Nvidia GPUs listed
Huge roadmap update showing four generations of future Intel CPUs
- LPCAMM2 Is Finally Here, and It’s a Big Deal | iFixit Newswww.ifixit.com LPCAMM2 Is Finally Here, and It’s a Big Deal | iFixit News
LPCAMM2 promises to be the thin, fast, efficient, and REPAIRABLE laptop memory standard of the future. Today, we take apart the first laptop to actually use it.
- 3D-Printed USB Dead Man Switch (Prototype Demo)www.buskill.in 3D-Printable BusKill Prototype Demo - BusKill
Demo of our DIY USB Dead Man Switch (prototype) with a 3D-Printable Case triggering a lockscreen when the kill-cord's connection is severed.
Today we're ecstatic to publish our first demo showing a homemade BusKill Cable (in the prototype 3D-printed case) triggering a lockscreen.
| [!3D-Printed USB Dead Man Switch (Prototype Demo)](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2024-05/) | |:--:| | Watch the 3D-Printed USB Dead Man Switch (Prototype Demo) for more info youtube.com/v/vFTQatw94VU |
In our last update, I showed a video demo where I successfully triggered a lockscreen using a BusKill prototype without the 3D-printed body for the case and N35 disc magnets. I realized that the N35 disc magnets were not strong enough. In this update, I show a demo with the prototype built inside a 3D-printed case and with (stronger) N42 and N52 cube magnets.
What is BusKill?
BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.
| [!What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) | |:--:| | Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4 |
If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.
Why?
While we do what we can to allow at-risk folks to purchase BusKill cables anonymously, there is always the risk of interdiction.
We don't consider hologram stickers or tamper-evident tape/crisps/glitter to be sufficient solutions to supply-chain security. Rather, the solution to these attacks is to build open-source, easily inspectable hardware whose integrity can be validated without damaging the device and without sophisticated technology.
Actually, the best way to confirm the integrity of your hardware is to build it yourself. Fortunately, BusKill doesn't have any circuit boards, microcontrollers, or silicon; it's trivial to print your own BusKill cable -- which is essentially a USB extension cable with a magnetic breakaway in the middle
Mitigating interdiction via 3D printing is one of many reasons that Melanie Allen has been diligently working on prototyping a 3D-printable BusKill cable this year. In this article, we hope to showcase her progress and provide you with some OpenSCAD and
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files you can use to build your own version of the prototype, if you want to help us test and improve the design.Print BusKill
[!Photo of the 3D-Printed BusKill Prototype](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2024-05/)
If you'd like to reproduce our experiment and print your own BusKill cable prototype, you can download the stl files and read our instructions here:
Iterate with us!
If you have access to a 3D Printer, you have basic EE experience, or you'd like to help us test our 3D printable BusKill prototype, please let us know. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and we're eager to finish-off this 3D printable BusKill prototype to help make this security-critical tool accessible to more people world-wide!
- The Greatest GPU of All Time: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti & GTX 1080 2024 Revisit & Historygamersnexus.net The Greatest GPU of All Time: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti & GTX 1080 2024 Revisit & History | GamersNexus
GPUs The Greatest GPU of All Time: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti & GTX 1080 2024 Revisit & History May 6, 2024 Last Updated: 2024-05-06 We revisit the GTX 1080 Ti with modern gaming benchmarks and examine sensible upgrade options The Highlights The GTX 1080 Ti offered exceptional performance and value for its ...
- Searching for a server rack / safe / vault...
Hi,
I'm looking for a ~strong cabinet with some shelves where I could install some IT equipment mostly Single-board computer, DIY NAS
So it doesn't need to be tall , so I guess that ~40cm height would be enough.
Additionally it would have the following:
- air vents
- all sides panel in resistant metal (steel) ? (so no glass/plexi panel)
- holes to fix it to the ground or wall
- a hole to pass an electrical cord.
- a hole to pass an Ethernet wire.
I found only one reference (for now) that look a like what I'm searching https://www.hartmann-tresore.fr/gamme-serveur-protect.html But this website lack of prices and pictures :/ and anyway I don't need such a height.
Any idea where to look at ? or what that kind of item might be named ?
Thanks.
- Asus won’t say if the ROG Ally’s SD card reader will ever be truly fixedwww.theverge.com Asus won’t say if the ROG Ally’s SD card reader will ever be truly fixed
Is it destroying SD cards, and will the company fix it?
- [Hardware Unboxed] Intel CPUs Are Crashing & It's Intel's Fault: Intel Baseline Profile Benchmark
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- EK is Imploding: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers | Investigative Report
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- ASML results spook market as sales drop below expectationswww.euronews.com ASML results spook market as sales drop below expectations
Net sales for the Dutch semiconductor firm seen as disappointing, coming in at 21.6% lower than predicted.
- RTX 4090s continue to melt — GPU repair facility claims it works on 200 flagship Nvidia cards per monthwww.tomshardware.com RTX 4090s continue to melt — GPU repair facility claims it works on 200 flagship Nvidia cards per month
NorthridgeFix shows a box of over a hundred dead 16-pin power connectors
- Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.com Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM
With the launch of the M3 MacBook Pro last year, many reviewers and customers criticized the company for still selling...
- Jim Keller suggests Nvidia should have used Ethernet to stitch together Blackwell GPUs — Nvidia could have saved billionswww.tomshardware.com Jim Keller suggests Nvidia should have used Ethernet to stitch together Blackwell GPUs — Nvidia could have saved billions
Suitable for programmability and for porting to other platforms.
- geohot: Hacked 4090 driver to enable P2Pgithub.com GitHub - tinygrad/open-gpu-kernel-modules: NVIDIA Linux open GPU with P2P support
NVIDIA Linux open GPU with P2P support. Contribute to tinygrad/open-gpu-kernel-modules development by creating an account on GitHub.
- Apple will relax repair policy to allow used genuine parts with select iPhones9to5mac.com Apple will relax repair policy to allow used genuine parts with select iPhones - 9to5Mac
Here’s an early Earth Day victory for the planet we all inhabit. Apple is relaxing the rules for its repair...
- Google is offering up to $450 for your iPad towards a Pixel Tabletwww.tomsguide.com Google is offering up to $450 for your iPad towards a Pixel Tablet
That's a lot of credit for just about any recent iPad model
- Introducing Google’s new Arm-based CPU | Google Cloud Blogcloud.google.com Introducing Google’s new Arm-based CPU | Google Cloud Blog
The custom Axion Arm-based processor is designed for general-purpose workloads like web and app servers, databases, analytics, CPU-based AI, and more.
- Intel 13th/14th Core "Raptor Lake" gaming instability is now being investigated - VideoCardz.comvideocardz.com Intel 13th/14th Core "Raptor Lake" gaming instability is now being investigated - VideoCardz.com
Tekken 8 instability issues on Intel 13/14th Gen Core series sparks investigation South Korean media report that Intel is now investigating the problem of Raptor Lake CPU crashes. According to ZDNET Korea, Intel is now investigating the issue related to gaming instability as observed in games like ...
- Memory makers reportedly stop publishing contract DRAM prices following Taiwan earthquake — further price hikes are expectedwww.tomshardware.com Memory makers reportedly stop publishing contract DRAM prices following Taiwan earthquake — further price hikes are expected
But demand on the spot market remains weak.
- Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Applewww.theverge.com Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple
Microsoft is gearing up for next-gen AI PCs.
- TSMC Gets $11.6 Billion in US Grants, Loans for Chip Plants.www.bloomberg.com TSMC Gets $11.6 Billion in US Grants, Loans for Chip Plants
The US plans to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. $6.6 billion in grants and as much as $5 billion in loans to help the world’s top chipmaker build factories in Arizona, expanding President Joe Biden’s effort to boost domestic production of critical technology.
- Ten years later, Facebook’s Oculus acquisition hasn’t changed the world as expectedtechcrunch.com Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected | TechCrunch
Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of
- The US wants ASML to stop servicing its advanced chipmaking tools in China: Reportwww.tomshardware.com The US wants ASML to stop servicing its advanced chipmaking tools in China: Report
The U.S. government does not want SMIC to keep using advanced DUV tools.
- Arstechnica: Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TVarstechnica.com Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV
System would detect paused content on external devices and show ads on top.