Summary of the week of February 21, 2022

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The last x86 CPU from VIA

Centaur Technology, formerly known as the x86 development branch of VIA Technologies, has manufactured a processor that will not see the light of day but manages to achieve a fairly decent IPC.

Core i7-7560U

Namiga brought us a new micro a few days ago. This time it's a Kaby Lake with only 2 cores. The Core i7-7560U manages to enter the single-threaded ranking in position 85.

Linux is the fastest at fixing security flaws

According to Google's Project Zero, Linux developers are faster than Google, Apple, and Microsoft at fixing security flaws.

Core i7-8750H

Someone has brought us a portable Coffee Lake with 6 cores. With its TDP of 45W, the Core i7-8750H manages to sneak into position 81 of the multi-threaded ranking.

The challenges of 3D chips

In this article they talk about the challenges of developing 3D semiconductors such as signal overlap, EMI interference, thermal problems, and disparate aging among others.

Automating the desktop

deai is a tool for the Linux desktop that allows you to automate the execution of events in a simple way. For example, you can modify the screen brightness depending on the time of day.

AMD shows off its 3D cache

AMD has made a presentation of its 3D V-Cache at this week's Solid-State Circuits Conference. They have also shown how it connects to the L3 cache, achieving a rate of 2 TB/s.

Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker is malware

The Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker tool, which supposedly serves to remove the mining cap on the RTX, is actually malware.

3nm is the new frontier

Every so often, a new frontier is imposed in the increase of the level of integration of integrated circuits. This has moved to 3nm, where the yet-to-be-released GAA-FET technology seems like a good option. But it is not clear if these transistors will be able to shrink their gates beyond that width.

dahliaOS moves to the look of Windows 11

dahliaOS is a distro focused on mimicking the look of Windows. Until now it had managed to reproduce the aesthetics of Windows 10 with great fidelity, although they have begun to move towards the new desktop of Windows 11.