Researchers argue that ‘at least 40%’ of the bloated x86 ISA could be removed and emulated to improve CPU efficiency

The x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. We’ve had people declaring the impending ascent of Arm or RISC-V for years now, and the market hasn’t budged. By and large, people still want to buy Intel and AMD systems running x86 Windows. So, maybe what’s needed isn’t replacement but reform, and…

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I now know what my life has been missing and it’s a set of rotary encoders sunk straight into the top of a mechanical-keebed Framework laptop, for some reason

If you’re hunting for a laptop with a great-feeling keyboard, good luck. I’ve tried hundreds of them at this point, and I’m usually left disappointed. YouTuber Flurples knows the feeling, it seems—but rather than crying about it, they’ve instead decided to modify their Framework 13 laptop to include not just a proper, fully-fledged mechanical keeb,…

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Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake reaches unprecedented levels of leaked, despite Ubisoft’s best efforts to stomp on yapping actors

Black Flag Remake leaks can only be called that if they come from the Montreuil suburb of Paris—otherwise they’re just sparkling Assassin’s Creed gossip. But good news: the games industry’s most open of open secrets (but that Ubi is still willing to threaten to sue its star over) has let a little more info slip…

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‘I’m disappointed with what I see’ says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, amid reports that China has banned some of the country’s biggest tech companies from buying its AI chips

According to a report from the Financial Times, China’s internet regulator has banned some of the country’s biggest tech firms from buying Nvidia’s AI chips. The ban is said to specifically prevent certain Chinese companies from ordering and testing the RTX Pro 6000D, a product designed specifically for the Chinese market. The Cyberspace Administration of…

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