James Sanders
@jamesaltonsanders
Senior Analyst at TechInsights on Microprocessor Report, covering CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs, also gaming. Cheerful pessimist. Hype resistant. Accept no substitutes. Ex-journalist. Seattle. (He/Him.) 日本語おK Opinions mine, not of my employer. Signal: jasanders.72
I think this ice machine is a counterfeit, it’s no true Scotsman.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C appears to be a recycled SoC launched in response to the MacBook Neo. While they're targeting a "$300 and up" price point, that's an illusive goal considering the memory supply crisis. My report at @techinsightsinc.bsky.social: library.techinsights.com/hg-content/9...
New at Microprocessor Report this morning is my analysis of Intel's Arc G3 / Arc G3 Extreme SoC for premium gaming handheld PCs. It's a competitive chip, but a challenging time to launch anything for consumers. library.techinsights.com/hg-content/0...?
Tangentially related to your point, I found this sign in Lynwood a few weeks ago, from the last time data centers were a common topic of discussion. NetRiver was acquired in 2014. The number still works, I think.
Saw the Cool Fern at Trader Joe’s and started wondering if Cool Crab escaped containment as a meme. @lgr-yt.bsky.social
Ah, a year prior, I ordered a 2GB miniSD from Newegg. Yes, a *mini* SD.
There we go, it’s The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I can’t get the Amazon app to give me my first order, and predictably their AI can’t figure it out either. (I’ve had this account for decades…)
If semiconductors are your thing, register for the (free!) webinar I'm presenting with my boss and a new coworker / materials industry veteran tomorrow (exactly 23 hours from this post). bit.ly/4uvpZkP
I’m extremely curious what this line is in Japanese. What… happened to this dialogue, lol. This is nearly as unhinged as “shorts are comfy and easy to wear!”
I've completed my analysis of Apple's M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max series for @techinsightsinc.bsky.social's Microprocessor Report. This is the most comprehensive analysis of the M5 family available anywhere. bit.ly/ti-mpr-m5
cursed artifacts #4 probably, I should write a blog post about this video, it's as quaint as it is funny
For Microprocessor Report, I'm looking at NVIDIA's T239 SoC found in the Nintendo Switch 2, and how it stacks up against competing SoCs from AMD, as well as the prospect of Intel producing a Panther Lake SoC for gaming handhelds. bit.ly/mprswitch2
Instead of an April Fool's Day joke, here's an old post from the past that I'm dusting off: Fantastic gift idea to make the electrical engineers, IT people, and other nerd or nerd-adjacent people in your life visibly uncomfortable: the seamless power strip!