Summary of the week of September 6, 2021

cobito

Core i7-11700

Namiga brought us this Rocket Lake with 8 cores with HT a few days ago. Of the micros we have, none are particularly similar to it, probably because it is at the top of the classification and we don't have a large repertoire at those heights. It is nothing less than number one in the overall monohilo ranking.

Analysis of a Pentium II from 1999

In this entry we are going to dust off a laptop that appeared back in April 1999 and that originally came with a Pentium II at 333MHz, 64MB of RAM, 4GB of hard drive and a TFT screen.

Germany wants to return manufacturing to Europe

As part of a pan-European plan, Germany wants to contribute billions of euros to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to Europe.

New type of memory from Intel

Intel has filed a patent for something called three-dimensional nanowire static RAM. This SRAM has the possibility of being stacked.

Firefox 92 available

The new version of the Mozilla browser now redirects to the site in HTTPS if the administrator uses the corresponding headers.

Differences between new PS5 and the previous one

The SSD drive of the new PS5 works 8ºC hotter than the previous version while the processor has been reduced by 10ºC.

_Neptunno_

Regarding the analysis of the Pentium II:

Excellent work, I think that most people who lived through the computer era at that time, this retro-review brings back good memories
For my part, the great work you have dedicated has been worth it, it is not easy to get back behind the controls of a computer, without forgetting the software, from more than 20 years ago.
A hug!

Sylver

I fully endorse the words of my great friend @_Neptunno_
Excellent retro-review, at some points in the video I felt real excitement, and the best part is that now I have been awakened to the need to build another old machine to install Windows 98 or even 95... What I needed for the back to school

Many thanks for everything as always, exmo mayor @cobito, your work on all fronts is enormous.

Best regards!

cobito

Thanks to both of you! I'm glad you liked it and that you're enjoying the tinkering @sylver

@_neptunno_ Yes, if you look at it from a perspective it's quite a lot of work but as they say: itch doesn't feel like an itch when you're enjoying it.

_Neptunno_

I know that it will depend on our day to day, but we have to try to upload some photo or some proof to the "retro gadget" forum. I took a break because I was a bit tired but when I have time and desire I will put something, not at your level @cobito though jajaja.

Anyway, thanks for your effort