Putting on Zero! My choice of single-board computer. Raspberry Pi vs Orange Pi
Working on the previous article about Raspberry Pi for dummies like me. And what does SONY have to do with AI? awakened a childish interest in me. It is not clear why,…
Hardware
Dive into the world of hardware technology. Explore the latest devices, components, and innovations shaping the future of computing and electronics.
Which motherboard to choose for Intel Core i5-12400 and Intel Core i5-13400
Choosing the perfect motherboard for your processor is the key to building a stable computer that won't let you down. The Intel Core i5-12400 and i5-13400 still offer…
What is more profitable - your own hardware or the cloud?
Hello, tekkix! Small businesses and large companies have long been asking the question: what is more profitable - cloud resources or your own equipment? The cloud seems…
192 cores per processor — release of AMD EPYC Turin server processors
Lisa Su has been at the helm of AMD for ten years, and during this time she not only brought the company out of crisis but also made it a true market leader. Under her…
Task with a star: which laptop to buy for a schoolchild?
Parental "hot topic": does a schoolchild need a laptop? If 10 years ago there would have been an adult discussion here, today the answer is obvious: yes, for homework,…
Setting up Linux for training models with GPU
Setting up a Linux PC for training models on GPU. The article provides links to scripts written to simplify the process of setting up a GPU PC on Linux for training machine…
How to turn a laptop into a Cheburashka. Review and personal impressions of a system with two additional portable displays
Hello everyone! I am Anton Komarov from MTS Digital. Today I will talk about my personal experience of working on a laptop with three displays at once.
How to choose a case fan for a PC: 5 interesting models from 120 to 360 mm
15 years ago, users and manufacturers did not think much about good computer cooling. There was one 120 mm fan in the front of the system unit, which barely pushed cool…
My 71 TiB ZFS NAS has been running for 10 years without a single disk failure
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS server, built from twenty-four 4-terabyte disks, is over ten years old and still works great. Although it now has a second motherboard and power supply,…
Arbiter Studio Polar 75 Pro: universal keyboard with magnetic switches. What kind of device is this?
Hello, tekkix! This is Viktor Sergeev from MTS Digital. Today we will talk about the Arbiter Studio Polar 75 Pro keyboard. It can be said that a keyboard is good, a keyboard…
AmpereOne — the most affordable server ARM. Better than AMD and Intel?
Hello, tekkix! ARM surrounds us everywhere, from the iPhone in your pocket with Apple Bionic to the Nintendo Switch with NVIDIA Tegra in the living room. But in the server…
pico-xt — old good PC/XT on Murmulator
There are plenty of IBM PC/XT emulators on the net, but for Murmulator there is only one so far: https://github.com/xrip/pico-xt.
Produced a revolution in data processing and starred in a movie: who will get the collectible IBM 7090 mainframe
IIBM 7090 — a symbol of technological progress of the 50-60s — will be sold today at Christie’s auction. The auction organizers estimated the server, released almost…
Is it worth switching to a computer with an ARM processor in 2024?
In the summer of 2024, most major laptop manufacturers began releasing devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. They are based on the ARM architecture, which is characterized…
Creating a Gigabit Switch on Linux
Network switches are simple devices: receive a packet, send a packet. Fortunately, people figured out how to complicate them and invented managed switches.
