Summary of the week of April 1, 2024

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There is also something from the week before Holy Week that is still hanging:

How long does an SSD last?

On average, SSDs can write 700TB. There are different ways to find out their lifespan, such as using the data provided by the manufacturer in TBW (Total Bytes Written), MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) or some tool like CrystalDiskInfo.

Hardware profiles in Linux

CoreCtrl is a tool that allows you to create profiles such as the frequency of the different components depending on the state or the speed of the fans depending on the temperature. It works with AMD graphics cards and most CPU models.

Core i7-14700KF

Someone has brought us a Core i7-14700KF. It is a Raptor Lake with 8 P cores and 12 E that reaches one and a half million points and is placed in the top 10 of the general ranking.

DOS game programming contest

MS-DOS Club has launched a DOS video game programming contest where the creation has to be able to work on a real PC with a 486 and 16MB of RAM, so if you want to test your skills in very limited environments, this is an opportunity to win juicy prizes. Hardlimit is one of the sponsors of the contest.

Google wants AI models on mobiles

Google has found a good excuse with AI to force the change of mobile. Their idea is that their Gemini model runs 24 hours on phones, but they say that more than 8Gb of RAM is needed for AI to work. Apart from that, they have not explained what this show of resources will be used for.

Microsoft and OpenIA ally

The main engine that continues to move investments in technology companies has united the forces of Microsoft and OpenIA who will invest a hundred billion in the largest data center in the world dedicated, as expected, to AI.

Open source graphics card

Someone has created a complete open source graphics card. The invention is called FuryGPU and can move Quake at 60fps with a resolution of 720p. The GPU is made on an FPGA and for the design of the PCBs the free EDA KiCAD has been used. Both the PCB schematics and the code in SystemVerilog and the sources of the drivers (for Windows) will be available soon, according to the author.

PCIe 7.0 for 2025

A draft of the PCIe 7.0 standard has been published where it has been established that the bandwidth in a 16x slot will be 256Gb/s gross (about 242 after headers), which doubles the sixth version. PCIe 7.0 is expected for 2025.

PresentMon 2.0 available

Intel's open source system monitor, PresentMon, has arrived at its second version. It is compatible with the main GPU manufacturers and works with all current APIs such as DirectX, Vulkan and OpenGL. Unfortunately, it only works on Windows.