“Let’s make a miracle computer out of garbage.”

At Aftermath, Chris Person (who else?) explains how to hack together a bootleg Steam Machine using a cheap castoff cryptomining GPU. It’s a high-effort, low-cost build made possible by 3D printing, ...
EurekAlert!

A more reliable way to make the computer chips of the future

A frame from a simulation video shows a plasma ion (purple) dislodging atoms from a class of extremely thin materials called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD). This material might be an ideal ...
SlashGear

This YouTuber Made Computer RAM At Home, But Proved It's A Crushingly Complex Task

Can you make RAM at home? Technically, yes. One person, YouTuber Dr. Semiconductor, has done it, but it's unlikely the rest of us are about to get around the current out-of-control RAM prices by ...
AOL

This YouTuber Made Computer RAM At Home, But Proved It's A Crushingly Complex Task

Close up view of Dr. Semiconductor's DRAM array - Dr. Semiconductor/YouTube Can you make RAM at home? Technically, yes. One person, YouTuber Dr. Semiconductor, has done it, but it's unlikely the rest ...
Wired

The Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a Cyberdeck

Ube Boobey’s bedroom is slightly messy after a trip to Morocco, but her cyberdeck glistens among the clutter. The homemade computer is located inside a clamshell purse, covered in swirly gold accents ...
Nature

Breakthrough computer-chip tech could help meet ‘monumental demand’ driven by AI

A powerful light source bigger than a London double-decker bus has set a record: it can create structures on a silicon wafer that are just 8 nanometres (nm) wide. Those are thought to be the smallest ...
Hackaday

First Transistor Computer Reborn

Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we would have guessed it was the TC from the University of Manchester. After all, Dr. Wilkes and company were at the ...
Hackaday

Computer Has One Instruction, Many Transistors

There’s always some debate around what style of architecture is best for certain computing applications, with some on the RISC side citing performance per watt and some on the CISC side citing ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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1959 Transistor Switching Circuit: US Navy Computer Technology

Explains the principles of transistor switching circuits, highlighting their role in electronic computers. It contrasts transistors with vacuum tubes, emphasizing that transistors function as ...