Custom PCB Lets You Stick a Raspberry Pi Inside a Sega Game Gear

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If your Sega Game Gear has bit the dust, you may want to spruce it up with a Raspberry Pi , like maker Zarcadeuk ! This cool project features a custom PCB designed to allow a Raspberry Pi 3 A+ to live inside a Game Gear shell.

After browsing the internet for cool Game Gear mods, Zarcadeuk decided to opt for a more plug-and-play Raspberry Pi project. This quickly turned into a custom PCB design that could easily be dropped inside a Game Gear case


Western Digital Goes NVMe With Updated My Passport Portable SSD

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Western Digital has a new edition to its My Passport line. Announced today, WD's new My Passport SSD has plenty of portable storage capacity and upgrades to NVMe,

According to Western Digital, the updated My Passport nearly doubles the transfer speeds of previous editions, hitting up to 1,050 MBps read speeds and 1,000 MBps write speeds. Capacity goes as high as 2TB.

Users can also encrypt their data easily using 256-bit


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Computing at the Speed of Light: Lightmatter Mars SoC Bends Light to Process Data

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Slow transistors got you down? Just shoot lasers through silicon instead. That's the fundamental idea behind silicon photonics-based computing, at least, and it appears to be coming closer to reality. Lightmatter takes that approach with its new Mars SoC that's designed specifically for AI inferencing workloads, but the tech could eventually bleed out to general-purpose chips. The company unveiled its Mars test chip, which bends light generated from a laser to

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Dell 1440p @ 155Hz Monitor hits $300

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As we enter into a new console generation, even consumer-level gaming machines will soon be able to support 1440p and 144Hz gaming. That makes now a perfect time to buy a monitor capable of supporting these higher-than-average specs. Enter the Dell S2719DGF, currently on sale for $299.99 at Best Buy (down from $399.99).

The Dell S

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Akasa Gem Pro Raspberry Pi Case Review: Unique Looks, Great Cooling

Our Verdict

The Akasa Gem Pro provides impressive cooling for your Raspberry Pi 4 in a uniquely constructed case

For

  • Impressive passive cooling
  • Unique design

Against

  • Limited GPIO access
  • Sharp corners

Akasa is well known for its cooling products and its range of Raspberry Pi products has been expanded to include the Gem Pro, a $32 case designed for the Raspberry Pi 4 which has a unique

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Razer Teams Up With Humanscale for New Productivity Peripherals

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Lots of people are working from home these days. While some of them may own gaming-grade peripherals (some of the options for the best gaming mouse and best best gaming keyboards are great for work), many don't get those benefits.  Razer’s teamed up with ergonomic office equipment company Humanscale to launch a new line of peripherals focused on productivity and sleek looks rather than kill streaks and victory royales.

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Zotac Mini Workstation PC Houses Intel Core i7-10750H, Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000

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Zotac has today unveiled the Zbox QCM7T3000 an ultra small form factor (SFF) workstation that's tailored to professional users. The 2.65-liter system arrives with Intel's Core i7-10750H processor and Nvidia's Quadro RTX 3000 graphics card .

The Zbox QCM7T3000 has a 8.27 x 7.9

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TSMC Celebrates Making Over a Billion 7nm Chips

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In a little over two years, TSMC has produced enough functional 7nm chips to cover 13 Manhattan city blocks. That translates to one billion 7nm chips overall, a milestone that TSMC passed in July, according to a new post on the company’s blog .

TSMC began producing 7nm chips in April 2018, and has since “manufactured 7nm chips for well over 100 products from dozens of customers.” These customers include AMD, Apple,


Nvidia Record Q2 Revenue: Gaming Division Is No Longer The Biggest Moneymaker

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Nvidia's Q2 earnings reports are in, and it looks like the start of a new era: data center earnings for Q2 have surpassed gaming revenue, which is the first time in history this has happened for Nvidia.

Data center revenues came down to $1.75-billion USD, which is 54 percent growth over Q1, and a massive 167 percent growth year-over-year. Of course, it's important to note that


VictSing P259 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review: Great Sub-$40 Starter

Our Verdict

The VictSing P259 is a great path to an affordable mechanical keyboard. Its $38 price tag and genuine Cherry MX Blue Switches stand out despite some budget construction.

For

  • Inexpensive
  • Genuine Cherry MX Blues
  • Robust software

Against

  • Keycaps feel wobbly, cheap
  • Confusing tenkey
  • No onboard profiles

There’s no substitute for a

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