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Cerebras Inference now 3x faster: Llama3.1-70B breaks 2,100 tokens/s
Cerebras powers the world's fastest AI inference on the biggest wafer chip. Cerebras CS-4 delivers up to 30x faster inference than GPUs.
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The Beauty of Pulse Arc Welding
Sterling welding with the Lampert PUK04 pulse arc welder.
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PC Engine CPU
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The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates
Helium-filled hard drives attempt to cut down on friction, leading to better performance. We’ve crunched the numbers: how do they actually perform?
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New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers
In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between two electrons with extremely high precision.
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Making glass-to-metal seals for homemade vacuum tubes
When making vacuum tubes, the glass is actually the easy part: premade tube stock of almost any size is easily available.
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Taking the Raspberry Pi 2 for a Test Drive with GNU Radio
Installing GNU Radio and receiving aircraft radar with a USB TV tuner.
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Racintosh Plus – Rackmount Mac Plus
I own a Macintosh Plus from 1986, I found it in the mid 2000's on my college campus on a free-to-a-good-home shelf (Mad Marc's shelf in the chemistry building) in great shape and with its mouse, keyboard, and an HD-20 external hard disk drive. That silly computer has been on the journey with me ever since, leaving…
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The Apple Network Server's all-too-secret weapon (featuring PPC Toolbox)
Most of my systems are microcomputers (and commensurately sized), though I do have some moderately larger beasts: you've met homer , my 1987...
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Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?
How wanting more is not always better
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Lasers etch a 'perfect' solar energy absorber
The same technology Rochester researchers used to create unsinkable metal structures can also be used to create highly efficient solar power generators.
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Multiple cameras and motion detection on the Raspberry Pi
Learn how to access *multiple cameras* (including USB webcams and the Raspberry Pi camera module) using your Raspberry Pi, Python, and OpenCV.
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Casting Glass from 3D Printed Molds
31 Jul 2019 | self-Amos , glass art , kiln casting , fabrication , kilncasting , lost-resin , lost-wax
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OpenWrt in a WiFi card reader (2017)
The Zsun Wifi card reader is cheap tiny USB to MicroSD card reader with an integrated wifi chip running Linux, In a nutshell, it is a WiFi access point with more flash (16MB) and RAM (64 MB) than most OpenWrt supported routers. Polish hardware hacker q3k from Warsaw Hackerspace, is a recent and…
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In Memoriam of Charles “Chuck” Peddle
It is with sadness WDC/I announce that on December 15, 2019, Chuck Peddle passed away. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and the personal computer industry. We have lost a pioneer with Chuck’s passing.
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Tiny Steps Towards Liberating Bootloaders and Modem Firmware of MediaTek Phones
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
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I will never need to buy a new computer again
If you're in your early thirties or older, you remember the breakneck pace at which computers were improving in the 90s and 2000s. If you brought home a shiny new 400MHz Pentium 2 system in 1998, it was literally outdated and replaced by a faster model with higher clock speed and more RAM/bigger harddrive by the time…
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Raspberry Pi 5 vs. Orange Pi 5 Plus vs. Rock 5 Model B
In this article, I go over Raspberry Pi 5 vs. Orange Pi 5 Plus vs. Rock 5 Model B regarding their specs, performance, and prices.
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Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking
I am trying to capture “through the optics” pictures of the AVP, and it is unveiling both interesting information on how the AVP works and the second test pattern I tried “broke&#…
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My favorite keyboards
When I started using computers, we had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum at home and a nano-reseau of Thomson MO5 s at elementary school. I distinctly remember how unpleasant it was to type with them. These must have been the worst keyboards I ever used [1] . Ever since, I have paid close attention to the keyboards I use. Here…
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Starlink terminal revision 4: overview and tests
Revision 4 is the new version of the Starlink user terminal. As of February 2024, the new version is only available in the US. I decided to test the new hardware and compare it to the well-known REV3 (a.k.a. Gen2/V2 or “Standard Actuated”).
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Intel announces the Aurora supercomputer has broken the exascale barrier
At ISC 2024, Intel announces Aurora is the fastest AI supercomputer, has broken the exascale barrier, and details the importance of an open ecosystem in HPC and AI.
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YubiKey Bio Series
The YubiKey Bio Series delivers secure second factor and passwordless logins for desktop-based FIDO-supported services and applications.
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M1 Icestorm cores can still perform well
What are the penalties in real-world use for running your code on Icestorm cores, using around 10% of the power used by Firestorms?
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iPhone 6 slows down by 28% after just 4 months use
After just 140 charging cycles, which could happen after just 4 months usage, the iPhone is running 28% slower than it does with a new battery.
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