Someone reincarnated the Commodore 65 as Mega65. Could the fans of its arch-enemy ZX Spectrum stay idle? Of course not! So here it is, the ZX SPECTRUM NEXT
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Hardware, Proprietary hardware
e-ink book readers
As a society, we need an open source device for reading. Books are among the most important documents of our culture, yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading — the Kobo, the Nook, the Kindle and even the iPad — are closed devices, operating as small moving parts in a set…
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The crowdsourced $700 Linux phone is actually becoming a real product.
Source: Purism’s Librem 5 phone starts shipping—a fully open GNU/Linux phone | Ars Technica
I’ve chosen to receive mine with the Dogwood or Evergreen batch; I’m too anxious to wait for the Batch Fir that will have a 14nm Next Generation CPU….
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È tutto un fiorire
SlimLine è una famiglia di controllori programmabili (PLC) modulari ingegnerizzati in contenitori estremamente compatti ed idonei al montaggio su guida DIN. Source: SlimLine Controllori programmabili IEC61131-3 (PLC) È tutto un fiorire di “PLC” fatti col Raspberry. Sperèm che se dervan de bun che l’è propri ura.
Amiga, Fun, Hardware
Fan quasi tenerezza
Fan quasi tenerezza…. provate a leggere la “dichiarazione d’amore” che sta dentroa a «Cercavo una uscita HDMI o DVI e ho trovato una ZZ9000 !!» Cercando in rete una scheda grafica con uscita digitale del segnale video per il mio Amiga 4000, dopo i vari flicker fixer scan doubler out of stock di iComp e…
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Il Politecnico di Milano ha realizzato una nanotecnlogia che permette di realizzare computer più veloci di quelli quantistici. Serviranno per la prossima generazione di sistemi di Intelligenza Artificiale
Source: Al Politecnico di Milano nasce il supercomputer da record – Focus.it
Le notizie, quelle belle.
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Well we live interesting times:
This processor, which will be quad core dual issue 800mhz RV64GC and capable of running full GNU/Linux SMP OSes, with 720p video playback and embedded level 25fps 3D performance in around 2.5 watts at 28nm, is designed to address that imbalance. Links and details on the Libre RISC-V SoC wiki.
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Those are good news: Dell is now pre-installing Linux on a wide range of high perfomance laptops. Some of those are quite impressive beasts!
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the Dell Precision 5540, 7540 and 7540 developer editions
Earlier this month we introduced the entry-point system in Dell’s next generation of Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstations. Today we are announcing the rest of the line: the Precision 5540, Pr…
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Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, Meltdown Patches – Slashdot
While the impacts vary tremendously from virtually nothing to significant on an application-by-application level…. the overall performance impact to 20 percent (for the 7980XE), 24.8 percent (8700K) and 20.5 percent (6800K).
…AMD loses ~3 percent with all fixes enabled.
I’m glad I’ve been sticking to AMD!