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To all the streaming services you’ve never heard of before

For every household streamer — Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus — there are a dozen that few users would likely recognize. How many people can explain what Xumo, Tubi, Vudu, and Pluto TV are? How about Acorn TV, Ovid, and Popcornflix? But all of these obscure services may play a vital role in how the streaming… Read more

Adafruit Planning Tiny Raspberry Pi Pico Board With USB-C

Home News (Image credit: Future) Adafruit are not resting on their laurels and they are pressing on with their range of RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon’ based boards which use the same chip as the recently released Raspberry Pi Pico. In a recent tweet Adafruit have announced their latest prototype, the QT Py RP2040 a version of… Read more

Billions in supply improved: Globalwafers attracts German suppliers

The Taiwanese chip supplier Globalwafers is increasing its takeover offer for the German silicon wafer manufacturer Siltronic, as expected by many investors. Instead of the previous 125 euros, Globalwafers now offers 140 euros per outstanding common share, as the company announced on Friday. That results in a purchase price of around 4.2 billion instead of… Read more

Intel, good news on 7 nanometers. 'Most 2023 products made in-house'

Pat Gelsinger, new CEO of Intel since 15 February, he said he was satisfied with the development stage of the 7 nanometer production process and assured that most of the 2023 products will be produced in-house. by Manolo De Agostini published 22 January 2021 , at 09: 01 in the Processors channel Intel The future… Read more

Realme Watch 2 full specs and design revealed by FCC

Last week we learned Realme is gearing up to launch the Watch 2 and Watch 2 Pro soon as the smartwatches were mentioned in the source code of Realme Link app. While Realme hasn’t divulged anything about these wearables yet, the Watch 2 has bagged FCC certification, revealing its design and specs in the process…. Read more

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny $4 microcontroller running off the company’s very own chip

The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s tiny computers can be used for anything from homemade cameras to cucumber sorters, and now, the group is branching out into microcontrollers and custom silicon. The Raspberry Pi Pico is the first step. It’s a new $4 microcontroller that’s smaller than the average Pi, features a custom chip powerful enough to… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico: Tutorials, Pinout, Everything You Need to Know

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Pico is a radical change from previous Pis, because it’s not a Linux computer, but a a microcontroller board like Arduino . The biggest selling points of the Raspberry Pi Pico are the price, $4 and the new RP2040 chip which provides ample power for embedded… Read more

New update available for the VLC media player

The popular VLC Media Player is now available in the third version. The approximately 20 year old free software supports various audio and video codecs as well as file formats. Now, with the release of update 3.0. 12, there are important security updates in addition to some optimizations. As can be seen from the release… Read more

The Raspberry Pi Pico costs only 4 dollars and integrates its own SoC RP2040

by Antonio Delgado Ago 10 minutes … Practically by surprise , Raspberry has released a new “miniPC” in card format, the Raspberry Pi Pico . This time it is a considerably smaller model than the conventional Raspberry Pi like the Pi 4 and that, in addition to costing only 4 Dollars, is the first to… Read more

‘Pi Silicon’ Partners Reveal RP2040 Boards and Accessories

Home News (Image credit: SparkFun / Pimoroni) SparkFun and Pimoroni, partners in the recent Raspberry Pi Pico project, have announced their own RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon’ based boards with extra features and changes to the Pico form factor. Pimoroni is also the first partner to have add-on boards available for purchase for release day. This follows… Read more

Adafruit To Add ‘Pi Silicon’ To Their Boards

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) In a flurry of Raspberry Pi Pico news, Adafruit are the latest company to announce their support of the latest Raspberry Pi board with two boards featuring the RP2040 SoC and a port of their popular CircuitPython language. Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Adafruit) Image 2 of 2 (Image… Read more

Arduino To Release Board Based on Raspberry Pi Silicon

Home News (Image credit: Arduino) With the news of the Raspberry Pi Pico still fresh in our minds, we see that Arduino are also releasing their own board, a board that is based upon Raspberry Pi’s new RP2040 SoC, as confirmed by Arduino co-founder and chairman Massimo Banzi and CEO Fabio Violante. Banzi and Violante… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Review: ‘Pi Silicon’ Debuts on $4 Microcontroller

Our Verdict A first for Raspberry Pi, the Pico microcontroller provides an affordable and simple way to control lights, motors, sensors and other electronic components. For Low cost Small size Ease of use Built-in ADC Against C workflow is tricky No built-in wireless No 5V output Raspberry Pi has a history of disrupting the status… Read more

The Golden Age of Graphics? The Number of GPU Developers Skyrockets in 2020

Home News (Image credit: AMD) The number of graphics processing units (GPU) developers grew to 19 last year as multiple companies are preparing for looming artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and edge computing megatrends, according to an observation by GraphicSpeak, a Jon Peddie Research (JPR) publication. The question is, how many of the started GPU projects will… Read more

Issues with Chip Packaging to Affect Supply of Client Processors in 2021

Home News (Image credit: JCET Group) Demand for client PCs, consumer electronics, servers, and other high-tech equipment is driving sales of various processors and in the recent quarters semiconductor supply chain has failed to meet demand for chips. Not only do foundries not have enough capacity to build silicon for their clients, but lead times… Read more