Recent content by Olle P

That's also one of my reflexions, together with the notion that unless you're operating with DC only one must also pay attention to any inductive impedance in the resistor. (Most) relevant to higher power resistors.

It's easier for China to just buy a significant portion of the TSMC shares to gain control. No need to use military assets. Yes, a lot of the US spendings are paid for by Chinese loans.

A bit of my reaction also. The card itself seems nice, but the price point is way off.

Recommended wire gauge?

Another reason scalpers don't sell many cards is the low profitability. When you can buy a card in store at MSRP scalpers have nothing to gain...

Sure, but rarely mentioned. When somebody just say that "the 5800X3D is 15% better" it's implied by the listener that the comparison is to the 5800X, not the 5900X.

Not at all. In the lower segment most GPUs have the same nominal TDP to allow use of the same cooling solution. (Just like there's a bunch of CPUs with 65W TDP.)

The given comparison numbers are a bit confusing. The R5 3600 is at 16.6 ~50% better than R9 5950X (at 11.1)!?! ... compared to the R9 5900X.

But: Can it play Minesweeper?

If you get buyers it makes perfect sense to provide storage space for hire. It's a stable income while the Chia value fluctuate. (Just like gambling is profitable for bookmakers and share trading is profitable for brokers.)

I'm pretty sure that time (to plot) should be a factor as well. Otherwise a plain HDD should be superior to any SSD.

Sabrent, however, claims that its latest product line offers the "best unit cost for plotting." I'm curious to find out what metrics they'll use to support that claim.

For improved conductivity and mechanical flexibility one should of course use wires with many strands rather than a single or a few. Having multiple separated cables, each with their own insulation, won't improve conductivity further but will increase the cost.

And just how that happen (time frame, power and temps) is what I'd like to see.

If a completely new standard is to be implemented there's no reason to stick with 6S batteries. One could just as well have the new laptops feature 8S batteries. As for cost it's cheaper to have one length of thick wire than four lengths of same quality 1/4 area wire. I also fail to see in what...