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Category: Hardware

Solidigm – first liquid cooled eSSD

March 21st, 2025

Intends to achieve fully fanless GPU servers. Offer hot-swappable design and both sides cooling for AI-centric data centers.
PCIe 7.0 512GB/sec on x16 port

January 22nd, 2025

I/O bandwidth doubles every 3 years.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/102662/pcie-7-0-standard-launches-in-2025-512gb-sec-on-x16-port-next-gen-gen7-ssds-enjoy-128gb/index.html
Increased costs for 2nm chipmaking

December 25th, 2023

Chip costs will grow by around 50% compared to 3nm.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/firm-predicts-it-will-cost-dollar28-billion-to-build-a-2nm-fab-and-dollar30000-per-wafer-a-50-percent-increase-in-chipmaking-costs-as-complexity-rises
Samsung 4TB 990 Pro SSD

November 20th, 2023

More affordable ahead of Black Friday

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsungs-4tb-990-pro-ssd-hits-new-lowest-ever-price-ahead-of-black-friday
Raspberry Pi 5 launched

September 28th, 2023
Designed to deliver a 2~3x performance improvement over the Raspberry Pi 4.

Now with:
1. 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
2. 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
“The Raspberry Pi 5 4GB board will cost $60 while the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB single board computer is $80, a $5 increase over the stock Raspberry Pi 4 pricing.”

https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/

https://www.phoronix.com/review/raspberry-pi-5-benchmarks