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Largest Chip Ever Holds 1.2 Trillion Transistors
We get it, press releases are full of hyperbole. Cerebras recently announced they’ve built the largest chip ever. The chip has 400,000 cores and contains 1.2 trillion transistors on a die over 46,000 square mm in area. That’s roughly the same as a square about 8.5 inches on each side. …read more
Posted in ai, chip, deep learning, ic, neural network, news, wafer scale integration
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An (Almost) Free Apollo-Era Rocket
According to recent news reports, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama wants to give away a piece of history — an engineering test article of a Saturn I Block I booster. The catch? You’ll need to pay to haul it off, which will cost about $250,000. According to …read more
This Week in Security: Black Hat, DEF CON, and Patch Tuesday
Blackhat and DEF CON both just wrapped, and Patch Tuesday was this week. We have a bunch of stories to cover today.
First some light-hearted shenanigans. Obviously inspired by Little Bobby Tables, Droogie applied for the vanity plate “NULL”. A year went by without any problems, but soon enough it …read more
Hackaday Links: August 4, 2019
Is the hacking community facing a HOPEless future? It may well be, if this report from 2600 Magazine is any indication. The biennial “Hackers On Planet Earth” conference is in serious financial jeopardy after the venue that’s hosted it for years, the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan, announced a three-fold increase …read more
Posted in ar, cons, FreeOffice, Hackaday Columns, Hackaday links, hope, linux, LoRa, Manjaro, news, PROM
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Antenna Tuning For GHz Frequencies
Antenna tuning at HF frequencies is something that radio amateurs learn as part of their licence exam, and then hone over their time operating. A few basic instruments and an LC network antenna tuner in a box are all that is required, and everything from a bit of wet string …read more
Posted in antenna, ghz, matching, news, radio hacks, RF, vna
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5G Power Usage Is Making Phones Overheat In Warm Weather
As reported by ExtremeTech, the brand new 5G network is running into a major snag with mobile devices as Qualcomm 5G modems literally cannot handle the heat. After just a few minutes of use they’re going into thermal shutdown and falling back to measly 4G data rates. Reports by both …read more
Posted in 5g, Cellphone Hacks, mobile data, news, overheating, qualcomm, smartphones
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You Are Probably Using NASA Technology
You often hear people — especially non-hacker types — complain that money spent on space travel would be better off spent here on Earth. Of course that ignores one big factor, that space programs have resulted in a host of spin off technologies, many of which you use every day. …read more
Posted in apollo, infographic, nasa, news
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Maker Media Reboots Itself As Make Community
At a community meeting this week, Dale Dougherty, former CEO of Maker Media announced the relaunch of the Make brand. Maker Media is dead, but the brand may live on as Make Community, LLC. Dougherty will remain the CEO of Make Community, and Todd Sotkicwicz, former CFO of Maker Media, …read more
Posted in Hackaday Columns, make, Make Community, Maker Media, news
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Using Super-Efficient Solar Cells To Keep Your Electric Car’s Battery Topped Up
Who hasn’t thought of sticking a couple of solar panels onto an electric car’s roof to keep its battery at 100% charge while it’s parked out in the sun? While usually deemed impossible due to the large number and weight of PV solar cells required to get the necessary amount …read more
Posted in bev, car hacks, green hacks, news, phv, prius, pv solar, toyota
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