be quiet! officially introduced the Dark Rock Slim processor cooling system, samples of which were demonstrated in January at the CES 2019 electronics exhibition. Dark Rock Slim is a universal tower cooler. The design includes a copper base, an aluminum heatsink and four 6mm diameter copper heat pipes. The device is blown by a 120mm Silent Wings 3 fan with a rotation speed of up to […]
The Swiss company Flyability, which develops and manufactures inspection drones for inspecting industrial and construction sites, announced a new version of an unmanned aerial vehicle for conducting surveys and inspections in confined spaces called Elios 2. Elios's first production drone relied on a grille to passively protect its propellers from collisions. Elios 2's passive mechanical protection design […]
Garmin has announced five models of “smart” wristwatches in the Forerunner series for professional runners and ordinary users involved in sports. The Forerunner 45 (42mm) and Forerunner 45S (39mm) are aimed at beginner runners. These smart watches have a 1,04-inch display with a resolution of 208 × 208 pixels, a built-in GPS/GLONASS/Galileo navigation system receiver, and a heart rate sensor. The devices allow [...]
Mozilla has warned of widespread problems with Firefox add-ons. For all browser users, add-ons were blocked due to the expiration of the certificate used to generate digital signatures. In addition, it is noted that it is impossible to install new add-ons from the official AMO catalog (addons.mozilla.org). A way out of this situation has not yet been found, Mozilla developers are considering possible solutions and so far [...]
The Austrian company Noctua, since its founding back in 2005, has been working closely with the Austrian Institute of Heat Transfer and Fans, so at almost every major exhibition of Hi-Tech achievements it presents its new developments in the field of cooling systems for personal computer components. However, unfortunately, these cooling systems do not always reach mass production. Hard to tell, […]
Razer has announced the release of a toaster. Yes, a regular kitchen toaster that toasts bread. And this is not a month-late April Fool's joke. Although it all started with an April Fool's joke back in 2016. Three years ago, Razer announced it was working on Project BreadWinner, which supposedly would create a device that would fry toast with the […]
It cannot be said that the notorious “cryptocurrency factor” completely fell out of sight of those who undertook to analyze AMD’s latest quarterly report today, but its influence in many cases turned out to be stronger than expected. On the other hand, the first quarter of this year in statistics has to be compared with the same period last year, and then the demand for video cards went off scale precisely from […]
The head of AMD could not avoid mentioning future 7nm products at the quarterly reporting conference, and therefore decided to make the bulk of the statements about them in the prepared part of her speech. As Lisa Su explained, preparations for the announcement of 7-nm products are in full accordance with the previously planned schedule. In the discrete graphics segment, the debut of Navi architecture carriers […]
The semiconductor industry is quite young, with many large companies only a couple of decades old. But there are also veterans who celebrate their half-century anniversaries. These include Intel (which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year) and its long-time competitor AMD. We invite you to recall some important milestones in the rich history of the company, which was founded […]
Almost 8 years have passed since I came to Habr. At first, I just read, then I commented, I earned positive karma from comments and at the beginning of this year I received a full account as a gift. I wrote a couple of articles and they also gave me karma. It was an incentive to write, participate and develop an adequate community. During these 8 years I have seen almost everything. […]
AMD's quarterly report will be published when the first of May has already arrived in the main part of Russia. Some analysts, in anticipation of quarterly reports, share forecasts for the future direction of the company's share price. The fact is that since the beginning of this year, AMD shares have risen in price by 50%, mainly due to optimism associated with the second half of the year, and not real achievements […]
The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, according to RBC, has approved a “road map” for covering transport infrastructure with communication networks. In essence, we are talking about the formation of a separate data transmission network that will cover various transport links. These are, in particular, railways, waterways and roads. As part of the project to create a transport communication infrastructure, it is proposed to use LPWAN (energy-efficient long-range network) technology. […]
