Month: March 2020

Intel’s Clear Linux to gain better support for third-party, proprietary software (like Chrome and Steam)

Clear Linux OS is a desktop and server operating system optimized for computers with Intel processors — and since it’s developed by Intel, it’s not surprising that Intel-powered systems running Clear Linux score higher in benchmarks t…

Clear Linux OS is a desktop and server operating system optimized for computers with Intel processors — and since it’s developed by Intel, it’s not surprising that Intel-powered systems running Clear Linux score higher in benchmarks than those with just about any other GNU/Linux distribution. It also runs well on systems with AMD processors. One […]

Blinkin’ fast OLED may enable cheap and fast optical connections

Tuning tiny OLEDs’ fabrication results in faster switching times.

Blinkin’ fast OLED may enable cheap and fast optical connections

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In the world of data centers and high-speed computing, distance and time are killers. The distance between memory and CPU actually matters. The distance and communication speed between different nodes in a data center can be bottlenecks. That is why optical interconnects are worthwhile, even though their cost is likely to give an accountant heart failure.

That expense comes from the fact that their light sources, even light-emitting diodes (LEDs), combined with the components required to imprint information on the light (called modulators), are expensive.  Many of you will be thinking “Chris, you’ve finally lost your last marbles, LEDs are cheap as chips.” And you are right, especially when it comes to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

The issue is that OLEDs cannot be directly modulated at high speed. Indeed, up until now, the fastest reported data transfer rate via a modulated OLED was a paltry 51.6Mb/s. Compared to even my own home network, this is simply too slow to be worthwhile. But, all that is now ready to change, as OLEDs capable of modulating data at more than 1Gb/s have been demonstrated.

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Red Magic 5G: Neues 5G-Gaming-Smartphone kommt mit 144-Hz-Display

Red Magic hat ein neues Gaming-Smartphone vorgestellt, das voller Top-Hardware steckt und in Europa vermutlich wieder einen verhältnismäßig niedrigen Preis haben wird. (Smartphone, OLED)

Red Magic hat ein neues Gaming-Smartphone vorgestellt, das voller Top-Hardware steckt und in Europa vermutlich wieder einen verhältnismäßig niedrigen Preis haben wird. (Smartphone, OLED)

US-Dollar: USA wollen US-Bankenboykott gegen Huawei

Eine Gesetzesvorlage will die Angriffe der USA auf Huawei erheblich verschärfen. Das läuft auf einen Ausschluss von der Leitwährung US-Dollar hinaus. (Huawei, Handy)

Eine Gesetzesvorlage will die Angriffe der USA auf Huawei erheblich verschärfen. Das läuft auf einen Ausschluss von der Leitwährung US-Dollar hinaus. (Huawei, Handy)