Hardware

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I recently aquired an old hacousto Accent 8x8 Audio matrix, however I cant find any still alive links for the companion software. The only lead ive found so far is an archived version of the website. Archive.org hasnt archived the actual file though. Does anyone know of any mirrors, repositories, archives, or other sources where something like this might still be available?

My dad has a laptop I used to use, which has been working well so far. Recently, he got frequent out-of-memory (RAM) issues - the computer freezes, forcing to restart. It is hard to diagnose, but it might be that 8GB RAM might be too small even for light workload these days.

So, I just checked when it is produced - 2015-10. So it is now 10 years old. While I am wary of producing e-wastes, maybe that was long enough life we got out of it. Perhaps it costs more in electricity than buying a replacement laptop? So, I want to ask - is it time to retire this laptop?

I just got two of these. Fully loaded. Disks, sleds, rails.
Fiber cards + 4 onboard NICs and 4 more on another card.
Its a dual proc board with a bunch of ram slots. (I think its Sandybridge procs, DDR3.)
20 HDD bays. These things are (older) beastly storage boxen.

Board Manufacturer: Supermicro
Chassis Part Number: CSE-846BTS-R920BP
Board Part Num: X9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+
Product PartNum: SSG-6047R-E1R24N

I got them because they were at a remote colo, and they crashed a bunch of times.
They cost us more downtime than they were worth.
I happened to be in town and made my boss an offer.
He didn't have to pay for e-waste fees, and I removed his problem for the low, low cost of $0.

So now they are my problem.
I don't need 200 TB of redundant storage. I'm gonna shop em out and sell em.
No idea if the dual 920 watt psu will blow my apt breakers. Takes a lot of juice to spin 20 hdds.

So far, I've hauled them across half the US, up my stairs, and admired them.
I found a youtuber 'Art of the Server' with some helpful vids. Watched a bunch.
No real idea what I'm doing next.

I've configured them several times in the past. They always died after months of steady service.
Dead disks, etc. Maybe bad controllers?
A fault that intermittent is hard to diagnose, but they are in front of me now.
I can do whatever I need to. These are complicated devices.
My original plan of teardown and rebuild seems unwise now.

I'm interested in any practical feedback.

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.

CEO Lip-Bu Tan opens up about SpaceX, Tesla, xAI partnership.

Looks quite interesting if the battery life claims are true. Framework also emphasizes Linux support a lot in their PR material :)

Semiconductors using gallium nitride tech continue to be a red line for CFIUS.

Domestic price competition is eroding profitability even as Beijing hits localization targets.

Anthropic secures 5 gigawatts of Amazon’s custom silicon as Claude demand soars.

Crystal ball: Let's be clear upfront: there is no Mac Neo desktop. No leak, no supply chain [rumour], no analyst note. What follows is conjecture – but conjecture worth taking seriously, because the pieces are sitting right there on Apple's workbench.

There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many.

Additional Background:

No Ryzen 9950X3D2 for TechPowerUp, Gamers Nexus, or ComputerBase by TechPowerUp

Review Summary:

Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest foundry (contract semiconductor manufacturer), plans to begin mass production of 1.4-nanometer (nanometer, one-billionth of a meter) process semiconductors in 2028, Taiwanese media including the China Times reported on the 20th.

Memory shortage set to run until 2027 as chipmakers focus on AI

IBM framed the announcement as American tech fighting back against Japan’s increasing domination of the memory market.

The Nvidia boss says that keeping Chinese AI researchers using the American tech stack is a good thing for the U.S.

Jensen Huang – Will Nvidia’s moat persist? (Interview on Youtube)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45767973

Ingenuity made history as the first aircraft ever to achieve a powered and controlled flight outside Earth on April 19, 2021. Originally planned for only five flights, it ultimately completed 72 flights over nearly three years before its mission ended in January 2024.

Small diodes (visible more clearly in this image of helicopter) appear as small protrusions on the top of the helicopter's solar panel. The panel and the two 4-foot (1.2-meter) counter-rotating rotors have accumulated a fine coating of dust. The metalized insulating film covering the exterior of the helicopter's fuselage appears to be intact. Ingenuity's color, 13-megapixel, horizon-facing terrain camera can be seen at the center-bottom of the fuselage.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover. Arizona State University leads the operations of the Mastcam-Z instrument, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, on the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of the cameras, and in collaboration with the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen on the design, fabrication, and testing of the calibration targets.

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which manages the project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA's Science Mission Directorate. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, provided significant flight performance analysis and technical assistance during Ingenuity's development. AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, and SolAero also provided design assistance and major vehicle components. Lockheed Martin Space designed and manufactured the Mars Helicopter Delivery System.

Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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