Intel and TSMC to Report on Next-Gen CFET Transistor Progress By Anton Shilov published 5 October 23 Intel and TSMC to discuss transistors that will replace gate-all-around transistors at IEDM conference.
Hybrid Gain Cell Memory could significantly improve CPU, GPU L2, L3 cache density By Aaron Klotz published 16 October 24 A team of researchers at the University of Stanford has developed a new memory technology utilizing gain cells that combines the best attributes of SRAM and DRAM.
Ukraine Uses ChatGPT and 3D Printing for Drone Bombs By Mark Tyson published 15 August 23 Ukraine's plethora of cottage industry bomb makers turn to 3D printing and ChatGPT to hone their deadly payloads.
Researchers reveal chips that commit 'circuit suicide' — self-destruction and counterfeit protection in one By Christopher Harper published 1 March 24 As part of several anti-hacking measures introduced at ISSCC this year, a University of Vermont team created a self-destructing fingerprinting mechanism for different circuits.
Custom Granular Synth Groc is Raspberry Pi Powered By Ash Hill published 2 November 23 Oddment Audio is working on a Raspberry Pi CM4-compatible granular synthesizer with a custom interface and PCB.
LK-99 Superconductor Crypto Coin Surpasses $3m in Trading in First 24 Hours By Mark Tyson published 5 August 23 A new LK-99 meme coin superconductor bandwagon cryptocurrency token was hugely popular, but its value has already nose-dived.
TSMC, IBM, and Samsung to present their next-gen CFET transistor innovations at an event in December By Anton Shilov published 17 October 24 IBM, IMEC, Samsung, and TSMC to showcase their CFET research results this December.
Western Digital is investing in ceramic hard drive pioneer Cerabyte — company's nearly indestructible storage device gets a key backer By Stephen Warwick published 12 May 25 Cerabyte has announced that Western Digital is investing in its near-indestructible hard drives.
Raspberry Pi Radiation Monitor Goes Wireless With Pico W By Ash Hill published 28 June 23 Sboger is using a Raspberry Pi Pico W to remotely monitor radiation and outputs the current readings in real-time.
AMD's classic Athlon CPUs emblazoned with etchings of Texas and revolvers — codenames may have changed to avoid upset car companies By Matthew Connatser published 8 February 24 A veteran AMD employee confirms that the original internal Athlon codenames were rethought in order to avoid a potential lawsuit from car companies.
Raspberry Pi transforms Halloween lights with special effects By Ash Hill published 26 October 24 Computing Mongoose uses a Raspberry Pi Pico to upgrade regular Halloween lights with special effects and a seven-segment display.
Cyberdore 2064 Cyberdeck features an oversized scroll wheel, handle, OLED display, and Raspberry Pi Zero By Christopher Harper published 26 July 24 The Cyberdore 2064 cyberdeck leverages a Raspberry Pi Zero and supplementary Pi Pico inside a custom 3D-printed enclosure, flanked by a giant scroll wheel.
Researchers built a molecular film that stores 16,384 states — and used it to create an analog computer that works like a brain By Jowi Morales published 12 September 24 The research team tracked the precise movements of molecules within the material film to track their different states and assign them specific values in a "molecular diary".
Xiaomi's in-house XRing 01 SoC leaked — melds 10-core Arm Cortex CPU plus 16-core Mali G925 GPU By Hassam Nasir published 18 May 25 Xiaomi's custom XRing 01 chip is allegedly a 10-core powerhouse, rivaling the likes of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite and MediaTek's Dimsensity 9400.
Coal could be in your next CPU — researchers eye coal as a metal oxide insulator replacement in next-gen 2D transistors By Aaron Klotz published 26 January 24 A team of researchers are looking into coal as a potential replacement for metal oxide to insulate transistors. If successful coal could change the semiconductor landscape as we know it today.
Intel preps Royal Core and Cobra Core microarchitectures for next-gen CPUs By Aaron Klotz published 16 September 24 Intel is reportedly working on two new CPU core architectures, Royal Core and Cobra Core.
Chinese Phytium's New CPU Claimed To Rival Arm's Neoverse N2 By Anton Shilov published 30 October 23 Blacklisted Phytium rolls out new CPU architecture that can rival Arm's Neoverse N2 core designed for cloud and edge applications.
Scientists create optically switchable photonic units, aiming to power the future of logic gates and microchips By Jowi Morales published 3 September 24 Another step towards practical optical computing.
SureCore announces low power cryogenic memory technology for quantum computing — operates at temperatures as low as 4 Kelvin By Dallin Grimm published 5 June 24 Quantum computers can get chillier for cheaper.
Akira ransomware can be cracked with 16 RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours — new counterattack breaks encryption By Dallin Grimm published 16 March 25 Tinyhack publishes a full how-to guide on brute-forcing past the Akira ransomware's encryption attack and freeing captive files.
'Pi Tin' retro gaming handheld is minty fresh thanks to a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W By Ash Hill published 21 March 25 Maker Jackw01 and Soaporsalad have put together a cool Raspberry Pi handheld featuring a Raspberry Pi 2 W that's small enough to fit in an Altoids tin.
Chipmaking to go subzero — 3D flash memory manufactured at -70C with next-gen tool By Anton Shilov published 6 May 24 SK Hynix reportedly says 3D NAND chipmaking goes subzero as higher flash memory stacks must be produced at -70C temps.
Raspberry Pi Pico Animates LED Retro Art 'Neon' Frames By Ash Hill published 25 July 23 Sprixels uses a Raspberry Pi Pico to animate these flashy LED pixel art frames with cool retro style artwork inside.
'METIOR' Defense Blueprint Against Side-Channel Vulnerabilities Debuts By Francisco Pires published 16 July 23 Bridging hardware design and cybersecurity once again.
Dual Raspberry Pis Power Stickless Initial D-Themed TE1 Fight Stick By Ash Hill published 29 July 23 Frawstybawlz has modified a Mad Catz TE1 fight stick to be stickless using two Raspberry Pis and spruced it up with some cool Initial D-themed artwork.
Raspberry Pi Pico Hexagon Heart Glows with RGB LEDs By Ash Hill published 29 September 23 Adrian Cruceru has created a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered heart-shaped decoration made from 3D-printed hexagons that glows thanks to RGB LED strips.
Adafruit announces the latest CircuitPython release for Raspberry Pi Pico and other microcontrollers By Les Pounder published 20 March 24 The latest version of Adafruit's Python for microcontrollers sees enhanced audio and graphics functions and a means to rename user-created USB HID devices.
Portable drone jammer uses a Raspberry Pi tactical Software Defined Radio By Ash Hill published 24 November 24 Media-Grizzly has created a Raspberry Pi-powered tactical SDR that has a built-in feature that can jam nearby drones at the flip of a switch.
New form of crystal storage stores terabytes of data per square millimeter By Christopher Harper published 21 February 25 New form of crystal storage stores bits as missing atoms, achieving what may be the highest possible storage density of "terabytes per millimeter".
Supercomputer designer shrinks the Cray C90 to wristwatch size … sort of By Jeff Butts published 20 June 24 An electrical engineer who designs real-life supercomputers took his love for Cray and built a supercomputer-inspired wristwatch.
