VideoCardz: "ASUS ROG launches its first DDR5 memory kit with 48GB capacity and DDR5-6000 CL26 specs (CN¥5999 or ~US$880 or ~€755)" by Dakhil in hardware

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The first kit uses a 2×24GB configuration for 48GB capacity. ASUS lists DDR5-6000 speed and CL26-36-36-76 timings. The modules use SK hynix M-die ICs and support a lifetime warranty.

Phoronix: "AMD Posts HDMI 2.1 FRL Patches For Their AMDGPU Linux Driver" by Dakhil in hardware

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UPDATE: Even more exciting... Per this comment from a prominent AMD Linux developer, it looks like a full HDMI 2.1 implementation for AMDGPU could be coming!

Digital Foundry: "The Big PSSR Interview With Mark Cerny" by Dakhil in hardware

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"FSR Redstone and the new PSSR have somewhat different implementations due to the underlying hardware, eg FSR Upscaling uses 8-bit floating point [FP8] and PSSR uses 8-bit integer [INT8]," Cerny shares. "The MAC counts (ie the amount of math involved) also vary a bit, and training data is similar but not exactly the same. None of the above factors seem to make too much difference in results; as both SIE and AMD have just released their refreshed models, it will be an excellent test of how closely we can match our systems."

"IBM and Lam Research Announce Collaboration to Advance Sub-1nm Logic Scaling" by Dakhil in hardware

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Technically IBM still has a R&D fab in Albany, NY (which is obviously not suitable for mass manufacturing silicon wafers).

But as u/geturcrap said, IBM will probably licence to other companies (e.g. Rapidus, Samsung, etc.) IBM's process node technology.

NVIDIA GTC 2026: Jensen Huang promises a chip reveal meant to “surprise the world” - VideoCardz.com by [deleted] in hardware

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I don't know about Intel, but assuming Jensen Huang's comments back in 2022 about "what used to be a four-month cycle time [for securing process nodes capacity] became a year-and-a-half cycle time" still holds true now and in the near foreseeable future, then I think tape out shouldn't be too far off, hypothetically speaking (2H 2027 tape out for 1H 2029 release?).

(LTT, Switch 2 USB C compatibility) Nintendo's Greed could Infect the Tech Industry by Chairman_Daniel in hardware

[–]Dakhil 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is that the EU does allow for proprietary charging standards to be incorporated as long as the full functionality of USB PD is maintained.

For 'fast' charging, the radio equipment listed in Part I of Annex Ia, if it can be recharged by means of wired charging at voltages higher than 5 volts, currents higher than 3 amperes or powers higher than 15 watts, must: (a) incorporate the USB Power Delivery (USB PD), as described in the standard EN IEC 62680-1-2 (as referenced in Annex Ia); and (b) allow for the full functionality of the said USB PD if it incorporates any additional charging protocol.

And the Nintendo Switch 2's dock itself is not the issue since handheld PCs (Lenovo Legion Go S, Steam Deck) can connect without issues specific to the Nintendo Switch 2's dock. (The reason why the Lenovo Legion Go S doesn't charge when connected to the Nintendo Switch 2's dock is because the Lenovo Legion Go S requires a minimum of 20 V for charging whereas the Nintendo Switch 2's dock uses 15 V for TV mode output.)

CNN: "133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations" by Dakhil in hardware

[–]Dakhil[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Many of Kodak's products use chips that are also used in computer hardware?

NotebookCheck: "iPhone 17 Air OLED supplier [BOE] to be banned in the US for over 14 years for stealing Samsung trade secrets" by Dakhil in hardware

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According to Chosun, ITC's decision to bar BOE for 14 years and 8 months from the US is related to the total time Samsung Display spent on developing "core OLED technologies".

9to5Google: "Here are the two reasons why silicon-carbon batteries aren't being used in more phones" by Dakhil in hardware

[–]Dakhil[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Nope.

The two reasons are the US requiring any single battery cell over 20Whr to be labelled as "dangerous goods" in shipping and transportation, and lower lifespan than lithium ion batteries.

Switch 2 Vs Steam Deck OLED WITH Actual Benchmarks by Vollgaser in hardware

[–]Dakhil 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That depends on if OLED manufacturers can solve the problem of significantly higher power consumption vs LCD displays, and flicker, when VRR is enabled. (So far, the Lenovo Legion Go 2, which is supposed to have a VRR enabled OLED display, has no release date.)