Homebrew GPU Tackles Quake
Have you ever wondered how a GPU works? Even better, have you ever wanted to make one? [Dylan] certainly did, because he made FuryGPU — a fully custom graphics card …read more Continue reading Homebrew GPU Tackles Quake
Category Archives: PCIe
iPhone 6S NVMe chip Tapped Using a Flexible PCB
Psst! Hey kid! Want to reverse-engineer some iPhones? Well, did you know that modern iPhones use PCIe, and specifically, NVMe for their storage chips? And if so, have you ever …read more Continue reading iPhone 6S NVMe chip Tapped Using a Flexible PCB
PCIe For Hackers: External PCIe And OCuLink
We’ve seen a lot of PCIe hacks on Hackaday, and a fair few of them boil down to hackers pulling PCIe somewhere it wasn’t meant to be. Today, we routinely …read more Continue reading PCIe For Hackers: External PCIe And OCuLink
Getting PCIe Working on the New Pi 5
After the Pi 4 released, a discovery was quickly made that the internals of the popular single-board computer use PCIe to communicate with each other. This wasn’t an accessible PCIe …read more Continue reading Getting PCIe Working on the New Pi 5
The iMac GPU Becomes Upgradeable, With PCIe
Over its long lifetime, the Apple iMac all-in-one computer has morphed from the early CRT models through those odd table-lamp machines into today’s beautiful sleek affairs. They look pretty, but …read more Continue reading The iMac GPU Becomes Upgradeable, With PCIe
Running a Modern Graphics Card In a 33 MHz PCI Slot
If you ever looked at a PCI to PCIe x16 adapter and wondered what’d happen if you were to stick a modern PCIe GPU in it, the answer apparently is …read more Continue reading Running a Modern Graphics Card In a 33 MHz PCI Slot
PCIe For Hackers: Our M.2 Card Is Done
We’ve started designing a PCIe card last week, an adapter from M.2 E-key to E-key, that adds an extra link to the E-key slot it carries – useful for fully …read more Continue reading PCIe For Hackers: Our M.2 Card Is Done
PCIe For Hackers: An M.2 Card Journey
I’ve designed a few M.2 adapters for my own and my friends’ use, and having found those designs online, people have asked me for custom-made adapters. One of these requests …read more Continue reading PCIe For Hackers: An M.2 Card Journey
Server Network Cards Made Extra Cool
Using cheap and powerful server expansion cards in your desktop builds is a tempting option for many hackers. Of course, they don’t always fit mechanically or work perfectly; for instance, …read more Continue reading Server Network Cards Made Extra Cool
PCIe For Hackers: Extracting The Most
So, you now know the basics of approaching PCIe, and perhaps you have a PCIe-related goal in mind. Maybe you want to equip a single-board computer of yours with a …read more Continue reading PCIe For Hackers: Extracting The Most