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BadRAM blunder
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 11:50

BadRAM blunder


AMD’s 'Secure' chips exposed by a blackberry

AMD’s much-hyped “Secure Encrypted Virtualization” (SEV-SNP) tech—marketed as a fortress for cloud data—has been laid bare by an attack so laughably low-budget it makes a shoestring look extravagant. 

Those were the Crays
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 02 January 2024 11:25

Those were the Crays


Supercomputer out matched by a Raspberry Pi

The UK government’s supercomputers in the 1970s would now be outclassed by a Raspberry Pi according to one of the testors of both.

Vodafone puts Raspberry into 5G network
Published in Network
Wednesday, 22 February 2023 10:12

Vodafone puts Raspberry into 5G network


Raspberry Pi 4 PC with 5G onboard

Vodafone has revealed a prototype for a portable 5G network based around a cheap and cheerful Raspberry Pi 4 PC combined with a small 5G software-defined radio (SDR) from a company called Lime Microsystems.

Raspberry Pi 4 adds Vulkan support
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 03 August 2022 12:14

Raspberry Pi 4 adds Vulkan support


It is only logical

The Raspberry Pi 4 has added support for a more modern Vulkan 3D API, giving the DIY cards a much-needed graphics lift.

Raspberry Pi OS abandons default user account
Published in News


Blew a raspberry at security and regulations for years  

Raspberry Pi OS (and most operating systems based on it will no longer ship with a default "pi" user account.

Raspberry Pi to get machine learning boost
Published in News


Ultra low power machine learning applications

The Raspberry Pi is about to see an improvement in its machine learning abilities.

Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft
Published in News
Monday, 08 February 2021 11:41

Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft


Users up in arms over Volish influence

Raspberry Pi users are upset that the PiOS has started calling up calling up Microsoft all of a sudden.

Raspberry Pi gets a fan
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 10:34

Raspberry Pi gets a fan


Fan and heatsink for $5

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a  $5 fan combined with a small heatsink for the Raspberry Pi 4. 

Nvidia engineer comes up with Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi
Published in Graphics


Beating the Raspberry Pi Foundation

An Nvidia engineer has come up with an open-sourced Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi has 8GB of RAM
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 29 May 2020 11:43

Raspberry Pi has 8GB of RAM


Moving to 64-bit

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has doubled the maximum amount of RAM available in the Raspberry Pi 4 to 8GB with a new device it's selling for $75.