The Technology Thread - Part 1

[squeekness]

I hope insurance covers that.

Lol, I seriously doubt it since there was probably a crime committed.

 

[:eek:]

Lucky bidder scoops $8,000 PC for $23 at auction — Mislabelled Fractal Design case listing had 24-core Threadripper 3960X, 256GB of memory, and an RTX 3080 Ti inside

A Puget Systems engineer confirmed this system probably sold for over $8,000 in 2021.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[blueharvest]

DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired by a cassette tape, researchers have created a storage medium that can hold 36 petabytes of data

www.newscientist.com

 

[:eek:]

36 petabytes is... acceptable

 

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Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second — 10,000 times faster than 5G

Researchers have developed a 6G chip that uses a dual electro-photonic approach to send signals across nine radio-frequency bands.

www.livescience.com

 

[:eek:]

IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today — unit weighed more than a ton, 50 platters ran at 1,200 RPM

This massive stacked magnetic disk design earned the nickname the ‘baloney slicer.’

www.tomshardware.com

 

[:eek:]

New EV battery tech could power 500-mile road trips on a 12-minute charge

An EV battery breakthrough from Korea could help give lithium-metal tech the green light.

www.livescience.com