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There are all sorts of ways to revitalize old hardware, but throwing aRaspberry Piinto the mix is a sure way to get us excited. This project, put together by a maker known as Rootkid, does just that with a really clever upgrade to avintage phone. When you pick up the receiver of this old phone, you’ll be met with a randomaudiorecording of a poem. According to Rootkid, the idea for the project came to mind after noticing an old phone at a thrift store....

Having first seen some movement in the prices of the high-end 50-series GPUs during recent Amazon Prime Day sales and those from various other retailers, I’m surprised to see that Nvidia’s flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, has dipped lower in price than during the sales.Zotac’s Gaming Solid GeForce RTX 5090 at $2,499is now the most affordable 5090 available if you’re looking to add one to your system. The RTX 5090 sits at the top of our benchmarking charts for gaming and is also a popular choice for productivity work like video editing, or even playing around with localized AI//large language model projects....

It seems that AMD’s RX 9060 XT 8GB is still on track, despite rumors suggesting otherwise, perBenchlife. The publication claims, through its sources, that AMD has no plans to cancel this 8GB VRAM product or halt supply to board partners. It’s important to note that these cancellation rumors might not be completely baseless. Given the performance limitations of Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, AMD may be inclined to prioritize the RX 9060 XT 16GB over its 8GB sibling, but that’s just speculation....

Two-fifths of the staff of the U.S. Chips Program Office, responsible for managing the Chips and Science Act, have been laid off by the Trump administration. 60 total employees will be cut by the end of today. According toBloomberg, 20 employees previously accepted resignations last week, with the other 40 being “probationary” employees who had begun their positions within the last two years; those probationary workers were to be terminated by the end of Monday....

TSMC’s share of the chipmaking market has been increasing, and so has the company’s capital expenditure (CapEx), which has increased fivefold since 2015. The company plans to spend between $38 billion and $42 billion on capacity expansion in 2025, with the hopes of building eight semiconductor fabrication facilities and one advanced packaging facility in 2025. “From 2017 to 2020, every year we built on average three fabs per year,” said Dr....

On April 12th, 2024, Tuxedo Computers announced its Tuxedo Sirius 16 Gen2, a touted all-AMD gaming laptop running its custom Tuxedo Linux OS. The Sirius 16 Gen2, already available for order and configuration on the official Tuxedo website, is one of the latest laptops to leverage AMD’s Hawk Point Ryzen 7 8845HS, which has a 17-watt higher default TDP than its lower-power 8840U and 7840U counterparts. At the time of writing, it does seem that this is an EU-only laptop, but that could change with time— or shipping if you’re determined enough....

Bloombergreports that the program called a workforce partner alliance, will utilize a portion of the $5 billion allocated to the new National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC). The NSTC plans to distribute grants ranging from $500,000 to $2 million to up to 10 workforce development projects. Additional application processes will be launched in the coming months, and total spending will be determined after all proposals are reviewed. Last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) estimated that by 2030, there will bea shortage of 67,000 workersin the U....

Quinas Technology, a startup working to bring theUltraRAMtechnology to mass production one day and whichdemonstrated the first chips last year, this weekreceived£1.1 million ($1.43 million) funding from Innovate UK to accelerate the technology’s transition from the lab to the fab, reportsElectronicsWeekly.com. UltraRAM, developed by Lancaster physics professor Manus Hayne some four or five years ago, is a non-volatile type of memory that features DRAM’s performance, durability, and energy efficiency. UltraRAM retains data even after power is removed, and the company claims it has at least 4,000X more endurance than NAND and can store data for 1,000+ years....

Whenever you are installing a PSU, you might feel a bit overwhelmed by a bunch of cables emerging out of it. Plus, the design of the connectors look so similar that it’s hard to figure out which one goes where. It is always crucial to be familiar with the power supply connectors toensure stable and efficient power deliveryto each of the PC components. Although the available connectors vary depending upon your PSU model and manufacturer, there are some common ones you’ll always find....

USBs are the most common connector type used inexternal storage devicesand other hardware peripherals such as your mouse and keyboard. However, a USB device is quite prone to connectivity issues. Your USB could be disconnecting frequently specially after overuse. To start with, follow these basic troubleshooting measures: Disable Power Management for USB Windows turns off the device when it is not in use to save power. If the USB is getting disconnected frequently, you must disable a power management setting that Allows the computer toturn off the USB device to save power....

Even though your recording process with OBS may seem smooth and free of lags or stutters, there is still a possibility of encountering choppy video output. Such situations can occur if OBS runs out of memory when encoding the recorded video, especially if the video is recorded at high resolution and high FPS. Sometimes, the media player may not support encoding or have issues decoding the recorded clip, resulting in choppy or laggy video playback....

TV uses an RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color model to generate images on the screen. So, if your TV is mostly greenish, it is because the intensity level of green color is higher than the others. It generally happens due to loose cable connections or when the color settings like Hue and Tint on your TV are misconfigured. Also, it is possible that the display components like T-Con board and LVDS cable are damaged....

XFX has quietly introduced theRadeon RX 7900 XTX Phoenix Nirvanagraphics card that comes with a huge 3.5-wide slot cooling system and an innovative thermal pad made of phase-change (PCM) material (viaVideoCardz). The new card — which can well become one of the world’sbest graphics cards— is available in China, though it is unclear why XFX decided to release a newRadeonRX 7900 XTX graphics board 1.5 years after the launch of the GPU....