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Ray Tracer ported to an x86 boot sector in only 483 bytes, run on Pentium Pro and faster CPUs
By Christopher Harper published
An x86 boot sector Ray Tracer, inspired by Ray Tracer for Atari 8-bit Basic, brings some real-time RT rendering to 90s-era hardware.

Google unveils Axion CPU for datacenters: claims up to 50% better performance than x86 processors
By Anton Shilov published
Google says its own Axion processor is 30% faster than competitors.

Jim Keller criticizes Nvidia's CUDA and x86, calls both 'a swamp'
By Anton Shilov published
Legendary processor architecture designer criticizes CUDA and compares it to x86.

New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board
By Anton Shilov published
StarFive's VisionFive 2 board can now run select x86-64 games with Box64 0.2.4 emulator.

Amazon, Apple, Intel, Nvidia, and Samsung to Back Arm's IPO
By Anton Shilov published
High-tech giants in talks to become anchor investors in Arm's upcoming IPO.

Modder Boosts Steam Deck to a Bountiful 32GB RAM
By Mark Tyson published
A modder has successfully doubled their Steam Deck RAM to 32GB, but the upgrade required good soldering skills and a firmware patch.

China is Now Home to 40% of All Arm Servers: Report
By Anton Shilov published
China uses more Arm-based servers than any other country, according to Bernstein.

UP 7000 Packs Intel Alder Lake-N CPUs Into Raspberry Pi Form Factor
By Les Pounder published
UP 7000 is the latest Intel based SBC from AAEON. It packs a range of Intel N-series (Alder Lake-N) CPUs and LPDDR5 RAM into the Raspberry Pi form factor.
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