Summary of the week of October 17, 2022

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Problems with Windows 11 22H2

It seems that Windows 11 22H2 comes with some minor issues such as a decrease in performance on Ryzen 7000 CPUs and problems with various drivers.

Near physical limits

The CEO of Nvidia has said that the electronics industry has almost reached the limits of physics. He also says that AI could stretch that limit a little further.

An open-source HDMI capture

Someone has published the resources needed to manufacture a low-cost HDMI capture card that works with programs like OBS Studio and FFmpeg.

Ardour abandons 32 bits

The free audio editor Ardour has reached the seventh major version, at which point they have taken the opportunity to eliminate support for 32 bits. It also brings important changes to its interface.

Post-pandemic corrections continue

According to technology analyst JPR, the boom in the personal computer market during the pandemic was not an increase in demand caused by real market growth but due to the specific needs of remote work.

Firefox 106 available

The one hundred and sixteenth version of Firefox comes with the ability to edit PDFs and brings some aesthetic changes to the private window.

Manufacturers continue to seek the highest possible price

A week after the launch of the RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid X, MSI raised the price from €1700 to €1900. After harsh criticism on various forums, they have decided to return to the original price.

USB4 specification to 80Gbps

The consortium responsible for establishing USB specifications has published a new version of USB4 that allows for rates of 80Gbps.

The repercussions of GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is a tool in which an AI assists the developer in writing code. It is trained with source code available in its repositories but being a proprietary project, what repercussions does this have with code under a free license?

A thorough analysis of the Arc A770

In this extensive entry, a detailed analysis is made of the Arc A770, Intel's new GPU aimed at the gaming field.

AMD's new lighting technology

AMD has published a research article on GI-1.0, a new open-source lighting technology that is part of the GPUOpen family.

KDE on an M1

Although it is still a bit unstable, someone has managed to make the Plasma desktop run on Apple's M1.

We launch a database of motherboards and computers

The Hardlimit test bench launches a database of motherboards and computers, which allows for comparing the performance of the same CPU on different machines.