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How Compression Works in Object-Oriented Memory Architecture

A team of engineers at MIT developed an object-oriented memory hierarchy to work with data more efficiently. In the article we understand how it is arranged. /stock /PD As you know, the performance growth of modern CPUs is not accompanied by a corresponding decrease in latency when accessing memory. The difference in the change in indicators from year to year can be up to 10 times (PDF, […]

Linux distribution MagOS turns 10 years old

10 years ago, on May 11, 2009, Mikhail Zaripov (MikhailZ) announced the first modular assembly based on the Mandriva repositories, which became the first release of MagOS. MagOS is a Linux distribution preconfigured for Russian-speaking users, combining a modular architecture (like Slax) with the repositories of the "donor" distribution. The first donor was the Mandriva project, now the Rosa repositories (fresh and red) are used. "Modularity" makes […]

The global tablet market is declining, and Apple is ramping up shipments

Strategy Analytics released statistics on the global tablet PC market in the first quarter of this year. It is reported that shipments of these devices in the period from January to March inclusive amounted to approximately 36,7 million units. This is 5% less than last year's result, when shipments were 38,7 million units. Apple remains the global market leader. Moreover, this company was able to increase the supply of […]

The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr tabletop campaign was plagiarized

Bethesda Softworks has released a promotional tabletop RPG campaign to celebrate the release of The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr. But there was an interesting catch: experienced Dungeons & Dragons players immediately saw the similarities between the Bethesda Softworks campaign and the one published by Wizards of the Coast back in 2016. The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr tabletop campaign has been published […]

Intel prepares 400-series chipsets for upcoming 14nm Comet Lake processors

Intel is preparing two new families of system logic chips for its future processors at once. Mentions of the Intel 400 and 495 series chipsets were found in the text files of the latest Intel driver for server chipsets (Server Chipset Driver 10.1.18010.8141). Judging by the available data, Intel will combine chipsets for future Comet Lake (CML) processors in the new 400 series. This […]

Blood: Fresh Supply Coming to Linux

One of the classic games that hitherto had neither official nor artisanal versions for modern systems (with the exception of an adaptation for the eduke32 engine, as well as a Java (sic!) port from the same Russian developer), remained Blood, a popular "shooter" from first person. And here's Nightdive Studios, known for "remastered" versions of many other old games, some of which […]

Renders of the cover show a large cutout in the display of the ASUS Zenfone 6 smartphone

The Slashleaks resource has published renders of one of the ASUS Zenfone 6 family smartphones in a protective case: the announcement of the novelty is expected in a week. Previously, it was said that the Zenfone 6 series will feature a device with a completely frameless display without a cutout or hole. This device is likely to receive a selfie camera in the form of a periscope that extends from the top of the case. The renders now presented speak of […]

GitHub Launches a Package Registry Compatible with NPM, Docker, Maven, NuGet and RubyGems

GitHub announced the launch of a new Package Registry service, within which developers are given the opportunity to publish and distribute packages with applications and libraries. It supports the creation of both private package repositories, available only to certain groups of developers, and public public repositories for the delivery of ready-made assemblies of their programs and libraries. The presented service allows you to organize a centralized process of delivering dependencies […]