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    [SemiAccurate] upcoming Nvidia chip has a problem that doesn't have a fix as of now

    SA did call out Intel's tech troubles very early. Even though the details were paywalled, they did provide a useful straw in the wind. So I'm more inclined to believe there is some substance here.
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    Dell monitors causing my Windows to crash

    Funny, my U2723QE is running nicely off the DP on my old Gigabyte 6700. Admittedly only 30 FpS but a fine 4K picture. Used for text and still images, no gaming.
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    Dr. Ian Cutress Explains The Hype Around RISC-V

    That sounds rather like the Mill conceptually. What am I missing?
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    43" Odyssey G7 mini LED 144hz

    Very frustrating. I'm no display guru, I just want to buy something that works OK when plugged in. It would be nice not to have to mess with menu settings that I don't really understand in the hopes of improving the picture I see. I don't game much, just want a reasonable color representation...
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    43" Odyssey G7 mini LED 144hz

    Are you sure? The video shows the text at the top of the screen super fuzzy, whereas the bottom of the screen in quite clear. Is this an imaging artifact from your recorder or is this what your eyes see in practice?
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    China Bars Purchases of Micron Chips, Escalating US Conflict

    The Chinese targeted Micron because Micron cut its China research effort after the US imposed sanctions, unlike Samsung or SK Hynix. Comment quoted in the Asia Times: 'Those who want to eat Chinese food but want to smash the Chinese pot at the same time, should think clearly.'...
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    HD Size choices for a new NAS

    Doesn't that get pretty warm inside? I tried that once with a Tektronixs printer, all the clothes in that closet were very warm and comfy.
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    SSD drives versus USB flash drives for backup storage

    Are thumb drives any more reliable than SD cards? I have lots of photos on SD cards that are 5-15 years old, one or two cards per trip. They still seem to work fine, although I've no objective measure. Are photos more tolerant of read errors than other files?
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    Adding 6 more TB of SSD space to my Rig

    Why?? Marginal performance gains with no improvement in risk of failure.
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    PC gaming is the only gaming market to experience growth in CY 2022

    Not sure about the price trend, Digitimes reports big cuts in orders for the Taiwanese chip suppliers, so there will be big pricing pressure to keep the fabs running.
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    Robotic Patrol Dog

    Easy fix for that, just deploy the dogs in teams. Sending out a single scout is bad practice anyway, if the scout is killed, no message goes back.
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    The 32 inch 4k IPS 144hz's...(Update - this party is started) (wait for it...)

    Has anyone here got any experience with the MSI Optix MPG321UR-QD? It got a positive review from Tom's Hardware and I'm in the market for a better but affordable monitor.
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    Bitcoin crumbles below $40,000 on China crypto warning

    Outstanding charts. They really add the needed perspective on this latest Chinese statement. Separately, think of bitcoin as a relatively illiquid asset. The prices fluctuate greatly, just as the prices of precious metals for instance.
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    Bitcoin crumbles below $40,000 on China crypto warning

    Iirc, the total bitcoin pool is only 21 million or so and over 17 million have been mined already. So the Chinese action should be quite bullish, it simply cuts the potential bitcoin supply by about 20%.
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    the Truth about the GPU / CPU Shortage finally explained

    Presumably the decision to embargo the chip supply for Huawei forcefully reminded everyone that there are serious risks involved in running 'just in time' production programs. Logically the industry shifting to add more cushion creates excess demand, leading to the usual double and triple...
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    AI Just Controlled a Military Plane for the First Time Ever

    That is also true of most people, think of the idiotic 'War on terror' wasting the resources of the USA. Stupidity is the default state, but if an AI gets stuck, at least it will change its approach. Separately, the Army has found that the AI is handicapped in field tests by the slow response of...
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    Solarwinds - Supply Chain Hack

    Anyone who has the skill to build this malware is surely also going to have more than one domain available as a backup. So this seizing of one domain is just more security kabuki. The government sponsored hackers are smart. Years ago, they hacked RSA, which made most of the key tokens for...
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    why is Intel new Optane H10 slower & more $ than the old 760p?

    The practical benefit of a 5 year warranty is pretty minimal. With the slowdown in computer performance improvement, I'd guess most people hold on to their builds even longer. Meanwhile, the replacement value of a 5 year old SSD is probably 10% of its initial cost.
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    Intel sells storage division to SK Hynix

    Have stuck to Intel for SSDs and have not been let down, but was driven to replace my Intel 535 series 480GB drive as it showed only 1 of 100 left on the media wear indicator. Was surprised to see that 480GB drive show up as near end of life with only 59,655 GB worth of LBAs written...
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    GPU Market Gets Flooded With Used GeForce RTX 2080 Ti’s

    Are we at a point where the cards outperform the monitors? I see a lot about the 3090 setting new standards for resolution and refresh frequency, but zippo about the monitors that can provide a good picture while driven that way. Do we have to wait for the 32" OLED screen or is there a currently...
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    From Intel Earnings: Intel says accelerating 10nm product transition, 7nm product transition delayed

    He's been the canary in the coal mine for Intel's manufacturing issues, caught on to the problems really early and has been consistently right in contrast to Intel's happy face propaganda. So I think you have to be more specific than just trying the old 'ad hominem' to be credible.
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    Moderna Coronavirus vaccine sees positive results in phase one trial

    Some caution should be observed, given the tests were only for how well tolerated the drug is in very low doses. Also note the investment performance of the management: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/popular-tesla-analyst-explains-why-investors-should-be-extremely-skeptical-moderna-and-its
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    Security Implications of AMD’s Cache Way Predictors - funding by Intel

    There is real benefit if such vulnerabilities are made into marketing tools. The current methods for finding and solving these weaknesses are pretty ineffectual, relying as they do on some small number of academics. Certainly the intelligence agencies are no help. A dog eat dog marketing...
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    3.2TB SSD for $240

    Has anyone tried to run a set of 4 of the 6.4TB drives in a RAID 5 array? It would seem to be a reasonably future proof and reliable setup.
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    3.2TB SSD for $240

    Of course you need at least 10TB of SSDs. Just look at your data storage trends, you'll be at most a couple of years ahead of the need, for much less than a grand. These things have massive life, much better than the TLC and QLC designs now coming into the market, so you can meet your...
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    Sony Is Struggling With PlayStation 5 Price Due to Costly Parts

    Is there really an issue here? If the PS5 performs as hoped, gamers will spend the money. Also, Sony has lots of experience cutting creative financing deals. In fact, Sony might prefer to get a lock in revenue stream a la smart phone financing. In any case, at a time when the latest smart phone...
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    SSD expected lifetime

    Thank you, Archaea, for that tip on Crystalmark.info I downloaded Crystaldiskinfo and it tells me my Intel 535 is still 88% good. It appears I was hasty putting it out to pasture as a backup. Clearly Intel was being conservative when they note that a drive may still have considerable life left...
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    SSD expected lifetime

    Think the answer depends on how heavily you use it. My aging 480 GB Intel 535 is at death's door after about 5 years, with 1% life remaining by the Media wear-out indicator. It is now on standby as a backup, as it would be risky to keep actively using it imho. Usage has been about 60TB of host...
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    Disk Imaging - Success (1TB WD HDD to Crucial 1TB SSD)

    Another plus vote for the Aomei BackerUpper. Unless one has some expertise, none of the 'free' cloning solutions offered by MS, Ubuntu or whomever are worth having. They are only free if your time is worthless. I futzed around with several of these and got nowhere, whereas the task was done...
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    PSA: Windows 7 support ends tomorrow, Jan 14, 2020

    It is not at all obvious which of the many patches MS has issues actually introduces the telemetry. Afaik, there has not been any list published, ever. It would be very helpful if you would doso.
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    China Is Building an Artificial Sun

    True that none has yet been able to produce enough power to sustain itself, but they have steadily improved. The ITER version, currently under slow construction, is projected to produce 10x as much power as it needs to run. Only problem with ITER is that as a multinational effort, most of the...
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    Intel: We Will Not Skip 10nm For 7nm, Ice Lake On Track For End Of 2020 Launch

    Well, the Board did fire the CEO under a pretext of inappropriate relationships, but that ducked the real issue. I'd not blame the Fab division, that entity presumably is starved for resources by management, how else can one explain the ongoing capacity shortages? I've seen no evidence of any...
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    Intel: We Will Not Skip 10nm For 7nm, Ice Lake On Track For End Of 2020 Launch

    Over the past few years, Intel has been unable to move their process forward, so they have gone from being a generation ahead to being a generation behind. It is a performance that should be a Harvard case study, how to destroy a franchise while swimming in money, but thus far there has been...
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    Enterprise drive in a home file server - advice? noise, reliability, etc

    Amazon sells 2TB Intel enterprise SSDs for about $400 ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJV5KF6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) Obviously you can get a spinner drive for a lot cheaper, but unless your data needs are high, I'd think this might serve you better.
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    Real Experience with QLC, TLC, MLC?

    I don't understand that 25% estimate, should not capacity double with every additional cell level?
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    US Navy just patented a very compact fusion reactor.

    There was a time when working models were required to get a patent. Since the emergence of software patents, it seems that hardware patent requirements have become softer. I think this is a BS patent foisted on the Navy by some snake oil guy with a very persuasive patter.
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    Nvidia to adopt Samsung 7nm EUV process in next-gen GPU production

    Somewhat surprising, given AMD and Samsung just reached a tech sharing agreement. I'd assumed this meant AMD would use Samsung's process, while Nvidia was a TSMC client.
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    Russia to Disconnect from the Internet as Part of a Planned Test

    Why is this a surprise, other than that it has taken them several years to react to the Snowden revelations? Obviously the web is a happy hunting ground for surveillance entities, both national as well as corporate. While this is a clumsy response at first glance, it seems a useful reminder to...
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    Amazon, Apple Take Retributive Measures against Bloomberg over China Hack Story

    Supermicro was seriously damaged by this, yet has not sued for redress. That suggests there is truth to the Bloomberg story.
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    China Embedded Spy Chips On Supermicro Motherboards

    This is company wrecking lawsuit territory. Bloomberg has to have its story well documented, with hardware samples, ready for the trial. Presumably the US government approved the publication against the backdrop of the current trade friction. Still, it is difficult to understand how...
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