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> start_here Silicon wafer sizes, from 1 inch to the stalled 450 mm leap Semiconductor fabrication builds a circuit one layer at a time Computer memory keeps programs moving while storage keeps the files Arm vs x86, explained for phones, PCs and servers

1mo ago

Russian Molniya drones are showing up with screwed-on compasses

Defence Blog reports Russian troops are adding basic magnetic compasses to Molniya drones so pilots can check course whe...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Engineering student turns PC coil whine into chip-tune audio

Battery Potato showed a toroidal inductor playing music, recasting a familiar PC noise problem as a controllable sound s...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Developer squeezes 537,000-domain DNS blocker onto a $5 ESP32 board

ZedAxis’ ESP32-C3 project turns a tiny Wi-Fi microcontroller into a backup ad-blocking DNS filter by hashing blocklists...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Creator boots an AM4 desktop from a homebuilt AA battery bank

Uwoslab wired 192 alkaline AA cells into a direct 12V supply, booted Hannah Montana Linux, ran stress-ng, and showed Fre...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Google engineer catalogs the real computers in Jurassic Park

Fabien Sanglard identified the working 1990s hardware and software used on screen, including SGI workstations, Apple Mac...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

RTX 3080 fan mod cuts heat, barely moves frame rates

TrashBench bolted a crowd of fans and a 360mm liquid cooler to an Asus RTX 3080, dropping thermals to 41°C while gaining...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Modder runs GTA 3 and Vice City inside San Andreas

DryxioGTA showed Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City running as controllable games on in-world screens inside San Andreas...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

OpenAI-branded Codex Micro puts AI coding status on a $230 keypad

Work Louder’s Codex Micro is a 13-key RGB macropad built for controlling and monitoring OpenAI’s Codex coding agents.

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

DDR5-8000 server memory and faster MRDIMMs surface at Computex

Micron showed DDR5-8000 RDIMMs, while Samsung displayed second-generation MRDIMMs rated at 12,800 MT/s for future server...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Newegg lists Ryzen 7 5800X3D AM4 bundle for $529.99

The combo includes AMD’s 10th Anniversary Ryzen 7 5800X3D, an Asus B550 board and 16GB of TeamGroup DDR4 memory.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Jensen Huang’s signed leather jacket sells for $960,000 at Sotheby’s

The Tom Ford jacket, photomatched to a 2023 Foxconn event, beat Sotheby’s $60,000 high estimate and will fund Edge Insti...

By Felix Aranda

1mo ago

Nvidia’s RTX 50 Super refresh is reportedly held up by GDDR7 costs

VideoCardz says board partners have RTX 50 Super hardware, but 3GB GDDR7 pricing is complicating Nvidia’s planned launch...

By Felix Aranda