Summary of the week of November 25, 2024

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Infinity Fabric in depth

In this article, they have done an in-depth analysis of AMD's Infinity Fabric and have pushed it to the limit generation after generation.

Browsing Youtube from the console

Someone has created a Youtube client for the console. It allows you to browse the channels you are subscribed to and watch playlists, among other things.

Billionaire subsidy for Intel

Finally, the US government has approved an allocation of nearly 8 billion for Intel. The subsidy is part of the Chip Act (US Chip Act), the counterpart to the European Chips Act. Both policies emerged following the shortage caused by factory closures during the pandemic crisis.

Linux 133 available

The one hundred and thirty-third version of Firefox comes with a new anti-tracking feature that prevents a tracking technique that uses page redirects.

Raspberry Pi introduces the Compute Module 5

Shortly after the Raspberry Pi 5 turned one year old, the Compute Module 5 has been introduced, which will be sold for about €45 and has hardware similar to the traditional SBC. For another €20, you can buy an interface board that adds all kinds of ports to the CM.

The end of ReiserFS

A few weeks ago, it was announced that Linux would stop including support for ReiserFS. The change has already been introduced in version 6.13 of the kernel, which will be released early next year.