Summary of the week of February 5, 2024

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The cost per transistor remains constant

The cost per transistor of the equipment necessary to create chips has remained constant since 22nm due to the use of increasingly complex technologies. Despite everything, that cost ends up being diluted as economies of scale are achieved, so in the final product, price reductions per transistor are still appreciated.

The source code of ThreadX is published

Microsoft has published the source code of ThreadX, its real-time operating system intended for embedded systems. The system appeared in 97 and today can power, for example, the SoC that carries the Raspberry Pi.

Analysis of the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G

In this entry they have made a complete analysis of the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G processors. They were announced a week ago, and as has been the fashion in recent times, they come with AI acceleration.

Arduino simulator on the web

Someone has created an Arduino simulator in JavaScript that works in the browser. It is capable of executing the code and showing the state of the pins of the Arduino UNO, MEGA1280, MEGA2560 and NANO V3 boards.

USB drives are getting worse

A data recovery company has done a study of USB drives and SD cards. Their conclusion is that the quality of these units is getting worse even in well-known brands.

More warranty for phones

The EU is going to oblige phone manufacturers to extend the warranty by 12 months every time a repair is made. In addition, spare parts must have a reasonable price and it will be possible to choose second-hand parts for the repair.

Processor demand regains vigor

Processor demand has regained the ground lost in 2023. As has been seen in recent times, laptops continue to eat into the market share of desktops.

Redirecting any service over SSH

This guide explains how to redirect any service through an SSH tunnel. In the entry, an exercise is done with the Windows remote desktop using a machine with Linux as an SSH server.

Core i7-12800H

Someone has brought us a Core i7-12800H. It is a portable Alder Lake with 6 P cores and 8 E, 24MB of cache and a TDP of 45W. It is in position 73 of the general ranking and its performance is very similar to the Ryzen 7 4800HS.