Summary of the week of January 10, 2022

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First printed OLED screen

The University of Minnesota has developed a process by which it is possible to create OLED screens using only 3D printing. At the moment they have achieved an 8x8 pixel and 2-inch screen.

Another DDR4 vs DDR5 comparison

The people at OC3D have put a Core i5-12400F through its paces to compare the performance of DDR4 with that of DDR5. The result is that with a mid-range micro like this one, there isn't a huge difference due to the high latencies, but with more cores, the higher rates of DDR5 would be advantageous.

A desktop environment in the browser

Someone has created a desktop environment that runs with JS in the browser. It has JS ports of some programs, including JS-DOS, with which you can play DOOM.

Ryzen 5 5600G

Someone has brought us a Ryzen 5 5600G. It is a Zen 3 with iGPU that, with its 6 cores with SMT at 4.4GHz, achieves the 37th position in the overall ranking with a performance very similar to the Ryzen 5 5600X.

The chip shortage affects Canon cartridges

The lack of semiconductors has forced Canon to distribute its cartridges without its chip. The task of this integrated was to verify that the cartridge is original, so now the original cartridges will be detected as generic by the printer.

Alder Lake temperatures higher than normal

A design flaw in the socket 1700 causes Alder Lakes to have a temperature up to 5ºC higher than expected. The problem comes from a deformation of the IHS due to the fastening system, but it has a solution.

Unknown ARM processor

Someone has brought us a rather unusual validation. It comes from a Parallels 1.7.2 virtualization for ARM. The only thing that is known is that its CPUID is F4A, which apparently has 4 cores, that its maximum set is SSE and that its performance is somehow similar to an i7-7700HQ which leads to think of an M1. Any clue is welcome.

Linux Mint and Mozilla sign agreement

Linux Mint and Mozilla have signed an agreement so that from now on, the configuration of Firefox in the distro will be similar to Mozilla's official one, instead of having a personalized scheme.

Canon sued for blocking scanner when out of ink

Canon's subsidiary in the USA has received a lawsuit from the buyer of an all-in-one printer after discovering that when the printer runs low on ink or runs out of ink, the scanner stops working.

Details of the AM5 v2 socket

AM5 is the socket that the Ryzen 7000 (Raphael) will debut. AMD has changed the topology from the current PGA of AM4 to LGA due to the fact that 1718 pins will be necessary.

Firefox 96 available

Firefox 96 comes with improvements in noise suppression and echo cancellation in addition to having improved WebRTC performance.

The PCI Express 6.0 specification is finished

Despite the fact that PCI Express 5.0 is currently being launched, the sixth version has already been defined, which comes with double the bandwidth for SSDs and graphics cards.

Samsung demonstrates the operation of MRAM

Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) has been theoretical for a long time. A team of researchers from Samsung has published a research article in Nature that demonstrates its operation in a computer.

Galactic Civilizations III for free

Once again Epic Games is giving away a game for your collection. Galactic Civilizations III (2015). Salu2! Jugones!

Ryzen 9 5950X

Rul3s has brought us a Ryzen 9 5950X that becomes the fastest AMD CPU we have. It steals the fourth position from the 3950X and gets very close to the i9-10940X. In addition, it achieves the first position in the test3 in AVX2 mode.

WinDS Pro emulator (Nintendo)

Neptunno has been testing the WinDS Pro emulator and brings us his impressions with relevant information about its possibilities, requirements and download link.