Summary of the week of September 8, 2025
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This week, changes, additions, and improvements have been made to the Museum. In addition to that, here is the weekly summary: \nSSD problems may not be Microsoft's fault
\nAfter the August patch for Windows 11, some users with SSDs that use a Phison controller experienced data loss and entire drive failures. It is now thought that the fault may not have been Microsoft's, but rather a test version of the controller's firmware that ended up in production units.
\nFirst HAMR drives
\nSeagate has released the first drive using HAMR technology. It is a 30TB drive that achieves a sequential rate of 275MB/s at a price of about €550, which keeps it on par in cost per GB with previous drives.
\nText desktop environment
\nSomeone has created a desktop environment for Linux in text. The TUI, like other environments, comes with several basic tools for system management and monitoring.
\nEnd of 32-bit in Firefox
\nMozilla has decided to stop offering Firefox for Linux compiled for 32-bit systems. The decision comes after hardly any distributions are available for the old IA-32.
\nTSMC plans to raise prices
\nTSMC will raise prices by 5-10% next year. At the moment, the semiconductor manufacturer sells its 3nm wafers for $20,000 each and its 2nm wafers for $30,000. Two of its main clients are Apple and Nvidia.
\nE-paper at 75Hz
\nMost e-ink screens have a refresh rate of 10Hz at most. Now a screen with a 75Hz rate has appeared. The panel is 13" and has a resolution of 1600x1200.
\nApple presents its communication integrated
\nApple has presented its new N1 chip that comes with Bluetooth 6, Wi-Fi 7, and Thread modules. The latter is a protocol intended for IoT.
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