Top-5 mini-PCs focused on performance: from Arrow Lake to Strix Halo
Manufacturers are increasingly putting top-tier chips into small systems: Intel Arrow Lake, AMD Strix Halo, and Ryzen AI Max+ 395. Some of them are liquid-cooled, others…
Hardware - Articles for the year 2025
Read interesting articles and reviews for the year 2025. Analysis of key events in the "Hardware" sector
Not by MacBook alone: a laptop for an IT specialist
In this article, I want to share my experience using a non-Apple laptop in a world where every other IT person seems to feel obligated to post a picture of their workspace…
Making a media server from Orange Pi RV2
Hello everyone! I want to share my experience setting up a media server based on the Orange Pi RV2. In another author’s article, the setup was described using the Orange…
What the Nintendo Switch 2 Turned Out to Be: Much Better Than the Original, But This Time Without a Revolution
In early June, sales of the new hybrid console Nintendo Switch 2 began. Nintendo itself did not send devices to various gaming media in advance, so full-fledged reviews…
What are T1 Cloud GPUs made of? Photo review and use cases
Hello, tekkix. This is the T1 Cloud team. If you keep up with the news in the server GPU world for ML, you surely know about the Nvidia H100—the computation powerhouse…
PC with three mining GPUs for 3D work
A few years ago, I came across an article on tekkix about building a PC for photogrammetry using four 3090 GPUs for a million rubles. That computer was assembled by a…
Well, how are you supposed to fix that? Strange laptop malfunctions in my experience
Hello, tekkix! This is Anton Komarov, I write for the MTS blog. I’ve already published several posts about repairing various devices—for example, a robot vacuum cleaner…
Restoring a Damaged Linux via chroot
Have you ever had to open up a Linux machine that wouldn't boot, even after ensuring the BIOS settings were correct and confirming there were no serious hardware errors…
Writing a Simple Virtual Machine
Hello everyone! I decided to try writing my own emulator to systematize my knowledge in computer architecture. We will emulate the CPU, opcodes, memory, and also add…
Unboxing a Coil of VVGng Cable
The article about how to blink an LED using Arduino was quite well received by the Tekkix audience. At the end of that article, there was a poll with a long list of topics…
Retro computer of my dreams. How I assembled it in 2025 and what the result was
Hello, %USERNAME%. Do you remember that feeling when you have a free day and you can put a game disc you bought the day before in the CD-ROM drive right in the morning?…
Touch Aerospace
Touch Aerospace - prototype of a touch mouse
Split keyboard — experience after a year
A year ago, I became the happy owner of the lily58 split keyboard. I already had an article about the experience after a month. Now exactly a year has passed and I am…
Experience using Windows tablets
I want to talk a little about the experience of using Windows tablets. In 2017, there was a need for a portable PC.
Special architecture for data centers that handle AI operations: how Rubin surpasses Blackwell
Recently, NVIDIA announced that the release of the GB200 NVL72 supercomputer on the Blackwell architecture is delayed, and the GB300 superserver will be released in mid-2025.…
Considering the processor cycles in the CH32x035 controller
When I have to start working with a new microcontroller, I usually look at its GPIO performance. How many cycles per write it actually takes. This is my tradition. Once,…
In search of the perfect keyboard
This is my first article here, don't judge strictly)
Details of the Fnirsi DPS-150 power supply control protocol
In the previous article, I began to analyze the control protocol of the Fnirsi DPS-150 power supply. The packet format was analyzed, commands and responses to them were…
