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Fragmentation isn't an O/S thing, it's a filesystem thing (although the fact that some O/Ses can only use certain filesystems can blur that distinction). FAT, used in pre-NTFS (which was introduced with WindowsNT and the merged product line of XP) consumer windows is notorious for...

It is a very bad title, as others have noted, SSDs can be SATA, SAS, NVME (M.2, U.2, U.3, and others), and while being a consumer site I wouldn't expect such a vague title to include enterprise-type SSDs (not at 4TB anyway), how hard is it to have an accurate title like: "4TB M.2 NVME SSDs as...

I'm not an American, but ... They do have 240V, that's whats supplied to their houses. In standard circuit boards the 240V is split into 2 120V circuits for domestic purposes. However, they are also designed in such a way that a 'special' 240V breaker can be installed that bridges the 2 120V...

Naa uhh, can too!

Right, but such a USB condom would require a micro-controller to interface with the device to detect its Power Delivery capabilities (5V? 10V? 20V?) and then negotiate with the PD in the charger to come to a mutually agreeable charging rate. Since this 'condom' device has to have the...

Yes, everything is subject to inflation. But there are also multiple downward pressues on price as well: 1) competition; 2) efficiencies of scale; 3) increases in productivity (whether due to workers working harder or changes in technology that enable a worker to increase output); 4)...

... and gaining excellent dental health for the company.

That is not correct. There are 2 revisions of the Win Max 2, a 2022 revision and a 2023 revision. The 2022 revision did indeed ship with the 6800U. The 2023 revision is an upgraded version that ships with the 7840U. This is why on the website it refers to "GPD Win Max 2 (2023)" to distinguish...

We're talking about bulk storage here. Compare, say, 10TB HDD (around $200) with 10TB SSD, or 20TB HDD (US$350ish) with 20TB SSD. There's a huge price difference. Although - at least for QLC - there are 8TB QLCs starting at about US$350 - Samsung 870 QVO. TLC's seem to be more like about US$1k...

I mostly agree. The only reason to run LLMs on CPUs is because that is what you have, you don't have enough GPUs available to run the LLMs on. I think they Intel were comparing against current CPU/GPU distribution in the datacentre, where there are buttloads more CPUs than GPUs. However, in...

Data will expand to fill available space ...

My concern lies around the longevity of the NAND. Is the NAND likley to wear out before the useful platter life of the drive, such that a non-OptiNAND drive will just last longer? What happens when the OptiNAND does wear out on an otherwise fully functional drive? Fails entirely? falls back...

I hope the seller demanded cash payment up front ...

Take a look yourself... Ryzen 9 processors 7950X3D $599.00 7900X3D $549.99 ETA: make sure you are on the US store, as the price cuts don't apply (at least so far) across every region. It might take a week or 2 to be refelected everywhere - assuming it's a base price cut and not just a limited...

No, those two things are completely different. A search result will have a snippet (maybe that sentence about 12% faster) with an explicit statement saying "this came from Tom's Harware" and a hyperlink to that article on Tom's Hardware. Bard presented that information as its own work. It did...