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.
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.
Raspberry Pi powers sentry turret straight out of the 'Portal' franchise By Ash Hill published 17 December 24 Reckless_commenter has created a Raspberry Pi-powered sentry turret that looks and sounds just like the creepy machines found in the 'Portal' franchise.
China memory maker YMTC sues Micron in the US — accuses Micron of infringing 11 of its patents By Anton Shilov published 19 July 24 Chinese Yangtze Memory says Micron's memory infringers its patents, asks court to stop sales of Micron's 3D NAND in the U.S. and royalties.
This Raspberry Pi portable cyberdeck is straight out of a sci fi movie By Ash Hill published 6 February 25 James Reeves is using a Raspberry Pi to power this gorgeous portable cyberdeck rig that works as a functional portable ethical hacking.
This Raspberry Pi Snake console totally bites — in a good way By Ash Hill published 5 March 25 Arnov Sharma has put together a cool Raspberry Pi-powered handheld console for playing the classic game Snake on a Matrix.
Russia using homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers in nuclear facilities — Elbrus ES3 certified for use in critical applications By Anton Shilov published 17 December 24 Russia includes programmable controllers based on dual-core Elbrus 2C3 proccors into a list of hardware that can be used at critical information infrastructure facilities.
Samsung's First 3nm GAA Chip Found in Cryptominer By Anton Shilov published 18 July 23 China-based MicroBT uses Samsung's 3 nm process technology for the Whatsminer M56S++ mining ASIC.
Raspberry Pi updates 'bumpin sticker' with whatever song you're currently playing By Ash Hill published 10 September 24 Guy Dupont has created a Raspberry Pi-powered bumper sticker that updates in real-time to tell other drivers what you're listening to.
