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TSMC unveiled its latest 1.6nm-class A16 manufacturing process, featuring the innovative Super Power Rail (SPR) backside power delivery network. This technology promises up to 10% higher clock rates and 15-20% lower power consumption compared to its predecessor, N2P. The SPR implementation is complex but offers improved performance and power efficiency, particularly for AI and HPC […]
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The Department of Commerce has proposed regulations in response to Executive Orders 13984 and 14110, aiming to address malicious cyber-enabled activities by foreign actors using U.S. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) products. These regulations require U.S. IaaS providers to verify the identity of their foreign customers and submit reports on AI training runs with potential […]
The canvas-confetti module allows for easy integration of confetti animations on your website. You can install it from NPM or include it directly from a CDN. The library provides options for customizing the confetti animation, including particle count, angle, spread, velocity, gravity, and more. There’s even support for creating custom confetti shapes using SVG paths […]
Wood joints are a true marvel, enhancing everything from ancient Japanese temples to old furniture. The balance between functionality and beauty showcased in these joints is truly inspiring. Despite the push towards industrialization, traditional wood joints still have a place in modern woodworking. Thanks to advancements in technology, digital wood joints have been created to […]
Tribler is a Bittorrent-compatible alternative to Youtube, aiming to protect privacy, build trust, and reward content creators directly. The project, started in 2005 at Delft University, involves a robust self-organizing Peer-to-Peer system with a unique token economy, including rewards for Tor-like relaying and hidden seeding. Tribler offers fast search, anonymous downloads, and a micro-economy without […]
The Economic Decision Science team at Amazon is responsible for solving long-term, ambiguous, and challenging problems that impact pricing, product selection, delivery speed, profitability, and customer experience. They use novel econometric models, machine learning systems, and high-impact experiments to integrate into decision making at Amazon. They are looking for team members who can provide structure […]
Evan Ovadia shares his secret collection of memory safety techniques, the Memory Safety Grimoire, showcasing fourteen innovative approaches that blend multiple memory safety methods. He introduces ancient Mayan memory safety techniques, discovered in an archaeological find, hinting at advanced future concepts. The list includes surprising techniques like move-only programming and random generational references, offering potential […]
President Biden signed a foreign aid package including a bill to ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to divest within a year. ByteDance has nine months to finalize a deal, with a possible three-month extension. The bill initially stalled in the Senate but was pushed through by packaging it with foreign aid […]
The author shares their experience in creating a software to stitch together images of chips taken with the IRIS technique. They highlight the challenges of existing panorama stitching programs not working well with chip images due to the regular patterns. The author delves into their custom stitching algorithm using template matching for alignment, minimum squared […]
On April 24, 2024, the author delves into the world of Ethernet frames, highlighting the unusual number of 1500 bytes for the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). The author explains the interesting history behind this number, involving the size of an Ethernet header, the Xerox Alto computer, and the need for cost-saving measures in the early […]