Summary of the week of July 1, 2024

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QDEL Screens

The wide range of panel technologies is now joined by QDEL (quantum dot electroluminescent), which has the potential to create thinner screens, although it does not fully solve the pixel degradation seen in OLEDs.

SSH Security Flaw

regreSSHion is the name given to a critical security flaw in SSH servers that is known to affect 14 million machines exposed to the Internet. The flaw allows privilege escalation, and the affected versions are varied, ranging from versions before 2006 to versions from this year.

Expanding VRAM

CXL is a protocol that can be used to expand the memory of a graphics card through PCIe with a latency of less than 100ns. According to them, not only can RAM be used, but it is also possible to expand VRAM with an SSD.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Someone has brought us a Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It is a processor with 8 Zen 4 cores and no less than 96 MB of L3 cache, thanks to which it achieves a very good score in the memory test. It ranks 40th in the overall ranking and has a performance similar to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

The End of Blu-ray is Near

The format that replaced DVD and brought high definition to homes is numbered. Sony has decided to close its Blu-ray factory and wants to end the business in the consumer electronics sector, although the format will remain alive for businesses.

One Million Donated to Ladybird

Ladybird is a free browser (BSD-2 license) whose primary goal is not to use code from other browsers. The project has received one million in funding from one of the founders of GitHub.

Ryzen 7 7730U

Someone has brought us a Ryzen 7 7730U. The portable processor has 8 Zen 3 cores and, with its TDP of 15W, it is close to entering the top 100.