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Under the Hood of AMD’s Threadripper

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Although AMD has been losing market share to Intel over the past decade, they’ve recently started to pick up steam again in the great battle for desktop processor superiority. A large part of this surge comes in the high-end, multi-core processor arena, where it seems like AMD’s threadripper is clearly superior to Intel’s competition. Thanks to overclocking expert [der8auer] we can finally see what’s going on inside of this huge chunk of silicon.

The elephant in the room is the number of dies on this chip. It has a massive footprint to accommodate all four dies, each with …read more

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Hackaday Prize Entry: PCBs On Demand with Etchr

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The ambitious etchr – the PCB Printer is just a concept at the moment, but it’s not often we see someone trying to tackle desktop PCB production in a new way. Creator [Jonathan Beri] is keenly aware that when it comes to creating electronics, the bottleneck for most workflows is the PCB itself. Services like OSH Park make professionally fabricated PCBs accessible at a low cost, but part of the bargain is that turnaround times are often measured in weeks.

[Jonathan]’s concept for etchr is a small system that automates not only etching a copper-clad board with all the attendant …read more

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Checking out the Microsoft Teams Desktop Interface

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Microsoft Teams is now available in Preview for Office 365 Business and Enterprise users and we are testing out the new service ourselves. This gallery will give you an idea of what the desktop interface looks like and show you several of the key featu… Continue reading Checking out the Microsoft Teams Desktop Interface→

Microsoft Surface Studio Dials it up to 11, as Apple Weeps

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Microsoft Surface Studio Windows 10

Microsoft launched its Surface Studio all-in-one desktop at the Windows 10 event yesterday. Here’s what people are saying. Just don’t mention the iMac. In today’s IT Newspro, we mention it once, but we think we got away with it…

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