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Best Raspberry Pi Pico Accessories and Add-Ons 2024
You've got the Raspberry Pi Pico, but what accessories do you need to get the most from this board?
The Best Raspberry Pi Cases 2024
Find the right case for your Raspberry Pi.
The best CPU for gaming is on an incredible sale — Ryzen 7 7800X3D is only $358
Still the fastest CPU on the market for gaming, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D from AMD rules the roost, and now you can pick it up on sale for only $358.
Newly open-sourced MS-DOS 4 installed on an IBM Personal System/2 with a 16 MHz Intel 386 CPU — took 70 minutes to build
MS-DOS 4's open source release gets a branch confirmed to work on the seminal IBM PS/2.
PCI-SIG unveils CopprLink cables for PCIe 5 and 6 connections — PCIe 7.0 versions are under development
PCI-SIG develops new cable standards for PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 interconnections at 32 GT/s and 64 GT/s.
Nvidia criticizes AI PCs, says Microsoft's 45 TOPS requirement is only good enough for 'basic' AI tasks
Nvidia recently hosted an event highlighting the advantages of RTX GPUs in a number of applications, including content creation and gaming. It also took some time to disparage the idea of Intel and AMD promoting "AI PCs" that only offer 45 teraops of performance, saying that's only enough for basic AI workloads.
This Raspberry Pi stethoscope uses AI to listen for heart disease
Shebin Jose Jacob is using a Raspberry Pi to operate his AI-powered stethoscope that listens for signs of heart disease and more.
Tesla's wafer-sized Dojo processor is in production — 25 chips combined into one
Additional details about Tesla's Dojo SoW emerged at TSMC's North American Technology Symposium.
Start gaming with Lenovo's RTX 4060-Powered Legion Slim 5 laptop for just $899
If you don't have the space or access to a desktop gaming PC, grabbing a deal on a compact gaming laptop is the next best thing.
User claims RTX 4090 16-pin power connector melted on both GPU and PSU side, despite running at 75% power
A user on the Korean Quasar Zone forums recounts how the 16-pin power connectors on his RTX 4090 and FSP Hydro power supply melted.
Microsoft confirms recent Windows security update breaks VPNs, no fix yet
Microsoft confirmed that April Windows security updates break VPN connections across personal and enterprise releases. Not hotfix has been issued.
AMD's gaming revenue nosedives 48%, not expected to recover until 2025 — lack of interest in RDNA 3 coupled with fewer console sales
AMD's gaming revenue declined sharply amid slowing demand for console processors, and a lack of interest in Radeon GPUs. Overall revenues plunged 48% year over year and aren't expected to recover until 2025 at earliest.
AMD's elusive Ryzen 7 8700F hits Amazon for $299.99 — pricier than the better-performing 7700X
AMD has listed the Ryzen 7 8700F for sale on Amazon. However, its $300 price tag makes it unattractive compared to AMD's cheaper-yet-better-performing Ryzen 7 7700 series alternatives.
Dev hopes to save legendary Z80 chip with open source clone — resurrects iconic Zilog chip with drop-in Z80 replacement
Zilog is discontinuing the CPU that helped spark home computing in the 80's, but this might not be the end of the chip's story.
Xbox 360 Store to close July 29, 2024 — But you can still play games without issue
Microsoft will shut down the Xbox 360 Store and the 360 Marketplace, but the console retains all of its other online and multiplayer features.
China-made server exports to US plummet — Taiwan, Mexico remain top server import suppliers
Servers exported from China to the U.S. has fallen from 18.8% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2023, while servers exported from Taiwan to the U.S. has grown 900%.
Nvidia's ChatRTX chatbot receives major update — better photo search, AI speech recognition, and more LLM options
Nvidia's ChatRTX, their ChatGPT-like local AI client, launches version 0.3, with exciting new features first shown off back at GTC.
A keyboard enthusiast built a $3,400 electro-capacitive keyboard that supposedly gets rid of stabilizer noise
Keyboard enthusiast Ryan Norbauer has detailed the creation of "the ultimate keyboard" - at least in his eyes. After five years of development and difficult manufacturing hurdles, it's nearly ready. And it can be yours this summer, assuming you're willing to part with "around $3,400."
For sale: Cheyenne supercomputer with 8,064 Xeon CPUs and 306TB of DDR4 memory — some assembly and maintenance required
The U.S. government is auctioning off the Cheyenne supercomputer that entered operation in back in 2016. It currently requires some repairs and maintenance, weighs about 26,000 pounds, and is in need of a new home. Current bidding sits at less than $30,000 - though the reserve has not yet been met.
Nvidia H100 GPU black market prices drop in China — banned by US sanctions but still available
Nvidia's "banned in China" H100 GPU is getting cheaper, even in China when looking at black market pricing. That's thanks to improving supply, despite the U.S. sanctions, coupled with the impending availability of H200 GPUs.
Cracked GPUs pop up in Frankenstein Chinese graphics cards built from RTX 4080M and RTX 4090M mobile chips
Chinese graphics cards based on mobile Nvidia GPUs reportedly use defective components meant to be scrapped.
Nvidia's flagship gaming GPU can crack complex passwords in under an hour
Cybersecurity firm Hive Systems has released its 2024 iteration of the Hive Systems Password Table, which details how long it takes different graphics cards to crack a password.
MSI MPG271QRX QHD gaming monitor review: Another speedy OLED to consider
MSI comes to the fast OLED party with its MPG271QRX. It's a 27-inch QD-OLED flat panel with 360 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400 and wide gamut color. It offers tremendous performance, contrast and color saturation for premium gaming systems and consoles.
Ubuntu 24.04 on Raspberry Pi has intermittent installation issues
Ubuntu 24.04 has not had the smoothest of starts for the Raspberry Pi with users logging installation issues that the team are now investigating
TSMC details 12.8 Tbps on-package communication solution — an efficient silicon photonics interconnect for AI
TSMC goes optical with a 3D stacked silicon photonics interconnect called COUPE - Compact Universal Photonic Engine. It could deliver up to 12.8 Tbps of on-package connectivity for future chip designs.
The race to 2nm process technology heats up — Samsung will discuss its next-gen 2nm node in June
Samsung's second generation 3nm process is on track for mass production in 2024, and its upcoming 2nm design infrastructure is nearly ready.
Intel continues search for source of Core i9 chip crashes — issues statement about recommended BIOS settings to board partners
Intel has provided guidelines for BIOS settings that it recommends its board partners apply to their motherboards by default. These settings are intended to improve 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 CPU stability, though the investigation is ongoing.
Teen breaks six Tetris world records — wins cash prize as first to score over 10 million points
15-year-old Tetris superstar Alex Thach (Alex T) has broken at least six gaming world records through March and April this year.
The superfast 13,600 MB/s 1TB Crucial T705 PCIe 5.0 SSD is on sale for only $154
With a significant discount knocked off of its original MSRP, you can pick up the superfast Crucial T705 for just $154.
SummerCart64 open source N64 flash cart revealed — turns a regular console into a Nintendo 64DD
SummerCart64 is an open source Nintendo 64 flash cartridge that doubles as a 64DD upgrade.
Intel expects paltry $500 million in Gaudi 3 AI sales for the rest of the year — Nvidia to rake in $40 billion for data center AI this year
Intel does not expect its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator to make big money this year.
XFX unveils Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phoenix Nirvana graphics card with phase-change thermal pad
XFX preps 3.5-wide Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phoenix Nirvana graphics card with advanced cooling.
Enthusiast mods a 512GB QLC SSD into a 120GB SLC SSD — endurance and performance benefits charted
A computer engineer and tech enthusiast has converted his Crucial BX500 512 GB SSD from quad-level cell to single-level cell NAND, reducing capacity to 120GB in the process. Then he checked for endurance and performance benefits.
Alibaba's Yitian 710 is the fastest Arm-based CPU for cloud servers, study claims
Study shows that Alibaba's 64-core Yitian 710 outperforms Amazon's Graviton 3, Huawei's Kunpeng 920, and Ampere's Altra 80-core processor.
NASA demonstrates space network speeds of up to 267 Mbps — Deep Space Optical Communications stretch beyond 140 million miles
NASA details the success of its DSOC system at a solar scale in a blog post.
Chinese vendor appears to be selling Arrow Lake-S engineering samples for $14
Chinese vendor Xianyu appears to be flipping older Arrow Lake-S engineering samples for $14 each. You can buy one, but you won't have a motherboard to put it in.
Pickup Corsair's Scimitar RGB Elite MMO gaming mouse for only $49
Get 17 programmable buttons, including a 12-button side panel on an MMO/MOBA mouse for only $49.
US justifies Huawei's Intel-powered AI laptops, saying chip bans aren't meant to hobble China's growth
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims the Chip War is not meant to restrict or hold back China, ignoring real-world impacts on Chinese industry and the claims of other U.S. lawmakers.
Nvidia has another RTX 4070 variant brewing — this one uses a down-binned AD103 GPU from the RTX 4080 Super
Nvidia has a new RTX 4070 variant coming, this one using AD103 silicon rather than the usual AD104 GPU. The RTX 4070 (AD103) will apparently have over 40% of the potential GPU cores disabled, along with one memory controller.
Modders build PC with coffee machine inside — full roaster and grinder fit in the chassis
YouTube maker Nerdforge puts a coffee grinder and maker inside of a working PC, allowing the user to get fresh roasted coffee from inside of their computer.
MSI Claw claims up to 150% added performance from new BIOS and GPU driver updates — 28% improvement on average across 19 tested games
MSI has updated its Claw handheld gaming PC with a new BIOS update as well as a new graphics driver update that boosts performances by up to 150%.
Ryzen 8000: The World's First CPU for AI PCs
Ryzen 8000: The World's First CPU for AI PCs
New PCB design is repeatably recyclable — vitrimer PCBs could save millions of tons in eWaste, say UW researchers
vPCBs, which are PCBs built with a sustainable and recyclable vitrimer polymer, debut. This contrasts with traditional PCBs which are 'basically impossible to recycle.'
Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks — process much harder than he expected
An engineer has shared his journey in 'building a GPU from scratch with no prior experience.' As with his prior project of designing a CPU from scratch, Adam Majmudar took just two weeks to complete this cerebral feat.
12 diehard Razer fans got tattoos of the Razer Toaster — 5 years later, they're still patiently waiting for it to come out
12 Razer fans got tattoos to prompt the company's CEO to make the Razer Toaster a real product. Five years later, they're all still waiting.
IBM to invest $730 million in Canadian semiconductor sector: Report
IBM invests in a Canada-based production facility.
Drone maker DJI facing U.S. FCC ban — the national security risk and part China-state ownership are key issues
The U.S. Congress presented a bipartisan bill that will prevent DJI from selling new drones - effectively banning them in the consumer and commercial space - citing national security and CCP sponsorship reasons.
China gives local companies funding to buy homegrown GPUs — aiming for self-sufficiency by 2027
The city government in Beijing has outlined plans to subsidize companies that buy Chinese-made processors. Its draft policy has a strong emphasis on GPUs, as they have been most badly affected by US export controls
Raspberry Pi storybook uses AI to create stories with pictures on its eInk display
Thomas Valadez is using a Raspberry Pi to create stories and pictures with a little help from open-source AI tools.
We tested 30 m.2 SSD heatsinks to find the top performer: ID-Cooling Zero M05 and M15 Review
We've tested 30 M.2 NVMe heatsinks to see how well they perform and what is best for your SSD's peak performance.
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