Despite struggles and delays with its 10nm processor, Intel has finally released five NUCs (Next Unit of Computing) mini-PC kits that comes with 14nm, 8th Generation Coffee Lake CPU. It also released two NUCs that comes with its 10nm Cannon Lake chips and comes configured with Windows 10 with shipments to begin in October or […]
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DESCRIPTION A smart, programable Fidget Spinner with the following features: * JavaScript programmable * 10-Pixel RGB PoV display (using APA102 LEDs) * Spin count / speed detection using a magnetic latch * Using Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 chip * Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication with smart phone / computer for controlling the display, reading the spin
The 74181 ALU (arithmetic/logic unit) chip powered many of the minicomputers of the 1970s: it provided fast 4-bit arithmetic and logic functions, and could be combined to handle larger words, making it a key part of many CPUs. But if you look at the chip more closely, there are a few mysteries. It implements addition,
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AMD has formerly announced the single-chip x86 CPU + GPU that was codenamed Carrizo. With up to four ‘Excavator’ CPUs and eight ‘GCN’ GPUs, it is aimed at notebook computers. AMD brands its chips that combine graphics and control processors ‘Accelerated Processing Units’ (APUs). Through close coupling through shared memory, the cores can share processing
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Qualcomm is dropping ARM for its next top-of-the-range mobile processor. “With the 810 (Snapdragon 810) we made a conscious decision to use licensed cores to accommodate the accelerated shift to 64 bit,” says Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, “our next premium processor will use our own 64 bit custom CPU architecture as well as the most
