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Botched Asus Update Kicks Routers Offline Worldwide, Company Apologizes

By Brandon Hill published 19 May 23

Asus' routers mysteriously went offline earlier this week, and Asus initially went radio-silent.

Asus ROG Ally Emulates Steam Deck OS with ChimeraOS

By Ash Hill published 19 May 23

ETA Prime shows us how the Asus ROG Ally can run ChimeraOS, an open source Linux-based operating system based on Arch that simulates the Steam Deck OS.

AI Tools Take Chip Design Industry by Storm: 200+ Chips Tape Out

By Anton Shilov published 19 May 23

Synopsys says over 200 chips have been developed using its DSO.ai place and route EDA solution.

Apple Restricts Employee Use of ChatGPT and AI Tools, Report Claims

By Mark Tyson published 19 May 23

Apple seems to be restricting its developers and engineers from getting AI assistance. Meanwhile it is developing its own LLM.

AMD K6 and FX-8350 Re-Visited Against Modern CPUs: Ryzen up to 910X Faster

By Aaron Klotz published 19 May 23

A pair of tech reviewers recently re-visited some of AMD's older processors, including the AMD FX-8350 and AMD K6 from 10 and 26 years ago, to see how they perform compared to modern CPUs and games.

Sabrent Rocket Q 2230 Offers 2TB For ROG Ally and Steam Deck Gamers

By Mark Tyson published 19 May 23

Sabrent launches its new Q line of M.2 2230 NVMe Gen4 SSDs which will appeal to users of devices like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Surface.

Retro Inspired Raspberry Pi Writing Computer Aims to Reduce Procrastination

By Ash Hill published 19 May 23

ThisIsTheNewSleeve has created a Raspberry Pi-powered writing computer called MUSE with a notably retro design.

India Chooses Arm's Neoverse for National Chip Design Push

By Francisco Pires published 19 May 23

C-DAC's Aum Arm accelerator promises 96 cores or Arm to beat even supercomputers.

Raspberry Pi Pico Streams Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to Nintendo 64

By Ash Hill published 18 May 23

Konrad Beckmann is using a Raspberry Pi Pico to interface with a Nintendo 64 through the cartridge port.

Eben Upton (L) interviewed by Jeff Geerling (R)

Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton Discusses Stock Updates, Industry Prioritization

By Les Pounder published 18 May 23

YouTuber Jeff Geerling travels the Atlantic for a face-to-face with Raspberry Pi CEO, Eben Upton

Nvidia to Give Away Hundreds of RTX 4060, 4060 Ti Cards This Summer

By Brandon Hill published 18 May 23

Nvidia is holding a Summer of RTX 2023 Sweepstakes and Contest to reward gamers and creators, respectively.

New Tool Offers Life After Windows BSOD

By Mark Tyson published 18 May 23

A BSOD isn't necessarily the end, as you can continue after a crash with Linux if you use BugCheck2Linux.

Raspberry Pi Travel Router Takes Wi-Fi on the Go

By Ash Hill published 18 May 23

Tristam has created a small, Raspberry Pi-powered travel router that uses OpenWRT to handle networking functions.

This AR Laptop Promises a 100-inch Virtual Screen, But Limits You to Web Apps

By Andrew E. Freedman published 18 May 23

AR startup Sightful's first laptop, the Spacetop, uses a Qualcomm CPU and glasses from Nreal to make a screenless laptop with as many windows as you want – as long as you only use web apps.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 Specifications Reaffirmed in Leak: 2048 Stream Processors

By Anton Shilov published 18 May 23

Specifications of AMD's Navi 33 XL GPU revealed once again by a leak.

Samsung 16Gb DDR5 Enters Mass Production on 12nm Node

By Mark Tyson published 18 May 23

Samsung's latest-gen DDR5 memory ICs have entered mass production on the 12nm node, and they are claimed to offer significantly lower power consumption and greater wafer economy.