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- The floppy disk refused to die in Japan https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-floppy-disk-refuses-to-die-in-japan-laws-that-forced-the-continued-use-of-floppies-have-finally-hit-the-chopping-block 17 comments
- The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-floppy-disk-refuses-to-die-in-japan-laws-that-forced-the-continued-use-of-floppies-have-finally-hit-the-chopping-block 172 comments technology
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- MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway — company listed admin job for 30-year-old operating system | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system 228 comments
- Floppy disk-reliant San Francisco train control system spurs concerns of 'catastrophic failure' — and it won't be replaced for at least another decade | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/floppy-disk-reliant-san-francisco-train-control-system-spurs-concerns-of-catastrophic-failure-and-it-wont-be-replaced-for-at-least-another-decade 165 comments
- Retail listing for Nvidia's RTX 3050 6GB details price, launch date, and has even fewer cores than expected | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/retail-listing-for-nvidias-rtx-3050-6gb-details-price-launch-date-and-has-even-fewer-cores-than-expected 118 comments
- MSI's Intel-powered Claw gaming handheld starts at $700 — VRR screen confirmed | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/msis-intel-powered-claw-gaming-handheld-starts-at-dollar700-vrr-screen-confirmed 26 comments
- Samsung's upcoming 280-layer QLC flash could allow for 16TB M.2 SSDs — claims up to 50% higher storage density than the competition | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/samsungs-upcoming-280-layer-qlc-flash-could-allow-for-16tb-m2-ssds-claims-up-to-50-higher-storage-density-than-the-competition 24 comments
- SCSI isn't dead yet — new SSD for old or obsolete systems is a boon for retro computing fans | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/scsi-isnt-dead-yet-new-ssd-for-old-or-obsolete-systems-is-a-boon-for-retro-computing-fans 16 comments
- Japan finally gives up on 1.44MB floppy disk drives, 50 years after they went on sale — but there's no sign of Microsoft removing the iconic 'Save' floppy icon from Office just yet | TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/pro/japan-finally-gives-up-on-144mb-floppy-disk-drives-50-years-after-they-went-on-sale-but-theres-no-sign-of-microsoft-removing-the-iconic-save-floppy-icon-from-office-just-yet 6 comments
Linked pages
- Intel to deliver a 5X jump in AI in just two chip generations — Panther Lake in 2025 will double the AI performance over Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-makes-a-big-ai-push-with-future-cpus-panther-lake-in-2025-will-double-the-ai-performance-over-arrow-lake-and-lunar-lake 287 comments
- Entry-level GPU RAID card enables mind-bending storage speeds — 80 GB/s of throughput from eight SSDs with SupremeRAID SR-1001 | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/entry-level-gpu-raid-card-enables-mind-bending-storage-speeds 62 comments
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets with TSMC in Taiwan, discusses AI chip shortage concerns over dinner | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-meets-with-tsmc-in-taiwan-discusses-ai-chip-shortage-concerns-over-dinner 22 comments
- Floppy disks https://www.floppydisk.com 14 comments
- Coal could be in your next CPU -- researchers eye coal as a metal oxide insulator replacement in next-gen 2D transistors | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/coal-could-be-in-your-next-cpu-researchers-eye-coal-as-a-metal-oxide-insulator-replacement-in-next-gen-2d-transistors 8 comments
- Nintendo 'Switch 2' coming this year with 8-inch LCD screen, claims Omdia tech analyst | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/nintendo-switch-2-coming-this-year-with-8-inch-lcd-screen-claims-omdia-tech-analyst 1 comment