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The Best and Worst Microcontroller SDKs
A community and blog for embedded software makers
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AppleTV 6.0 requires Fairplay-DRM Airplay Sources
Visit the Rogue Amoeba blog to read more.
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IBM Quantum System Two
IBM kicked off the IBM Quantum Summit 2022, announcing new breakthrough advancements in quantum hardware and software and outlining its pioneering vision for quantum-centric supercomputing.
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Failing to reach DDR4 bandwidth
Unum builds the Search, Storage, and Networking engines powering the modern data stack. Deployed on 100M+ devices, our technology serves DBMS unicorns and frontier AI labs.
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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure
UC San Diego researchers have discovered the root cause of why lithium metal batteries fail, challenging a long-held belief in the field. The study presents new ways to boost battery performance and brings research a step closer to incorporating lithium anodes into rechargeable batteries.
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Introducing raspberrypi.com
We're launching a new website dedicated to Raspberry Pi computers, and new social media channels focused on our educational initiatives.
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Battery-free self-powered sensor harvests magnetic energy
MIT researchers designed a self-powering, battery-free, energy-harvesting sensor. Using the framework they developed, they produced a temperature sensor that can harvest and store the energy from the magnetic field that exists in the open air around a wire.
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Stanford engineers present new chip that ramps up AI computing efficiency
Stanford engineers created a more efficient and flexible AI chip, which could bring the power of AI into tiny edge devices.
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IllumiRoom: Peripheral Projected Illusions for Interactive Experiences
IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system from Microsoft Research. It augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience. Read the CHI 2013 Best-Paper: IllumiRoom: Peripheral Projected Illusions for Interactive Experiences (7.6…
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AMD products are not susceptible to SPOILER exploit
Download drivers and software for AMD products — includes Windows and Linux support, auto-detect tools & detailed guides for installation.
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ASICs at the Edge
At Cloudflare, we pride ourselves in our global network that spans more than 200 cities in over 100 countries. To accelerate all that traffic through our network, there are multiple technologies at play. So let’s have a look at one of the cornerstones that makes all of this work.
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Transparent gel-based audio speaker
Gel-based audio speaker demonstrates capabilities of ionic conductors, long thought limited in application
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Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard
Apple today introduced the new iPad Air, powered by the M3 chip and built for Apple Intelligence.
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1TB Raspberry Pi SSD on sale now for $70
Unlock outstanding performance for I/O intensive applications on Raspberry Pi 5 with our most powerful SSD yet.
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The Age of Personalized Hardware Is Coming
Small personal devices are multiplying whether we build them or not. The real opening is the software that runs on them, and who gets to write it.
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Raspberry Pi (2 and 3) support in Fedora 25 Beta
This article comes courtesy of Peter Robinson, member of the Fedora release engineering team. Peter has worked for several years on the general release and also hardware architectures such as ARM and Power. Here, Peter announces some big news for Raspberry Pi hackers. So support for the Raspberry Pi in Fedora has been…
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CPUs Aren't Dead. Gemma2B Out Scored GPT-3.5 Turbo on Test That Made It Famous
Gemma 2B scored ~8.0 on MT-Bench. GPT-3.5 Turbo scored 7.94. An 87-times-smaller model on a laptop CPU, no GPU anywhere in the stack. We published the full tape — every question, every turn, every score — so anyone can verify it. We found seven failure classes. Not hallucinations. Specific patterns: arithmetic where…
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May Update: PineTab Pre-Orders, PinePhone Qi Charging and More
With the PinePhone and Pinebook Pro production well under way and shipping in just a few days time, we’ll now be turning our attention to the other projects we have in the pipeline. There is a fair bit of material to cover this month - the main piece of news, however, is that we’ll be taking pre-orders for the PineTab…
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Amateur Radio Parity Act Passes in the US House of Representatives
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
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Nvidia to Share New Details on Grace CPU, Hopper GPU, NVLink Switch, Jetson Orin
Latest chip designs reflect the breadth and depth of NVIDIA’s platform innovation in AI, edge and high performance computing.
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I printed a huge batch of connectors to make a 15ft structure out of plastic
To put SLS technology’s capabilities to the test, we used the Fuse 1 SLS printer to build the structure that housed the 2017 FUSE conference.
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10.1 inch Notion Ink Tablet - $375
Hello Everyone! The most awaited day has finally arrived! It took some time, but now when as we look back, it seems more than worth it. This is a rather detailed post and I will try to answe…
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DIY: Cheap, ultra low-power radios that communicate over thousands of miles
QRSS is a term used in ham radio to mean "very slow speed morse code". QRPp means "using a very low power radio transmitter". What happens when you combine