Former Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger has launched Gloo, a company offering AI-powered tools to reflect religious principles, with the stated goal of "hastening the coming of Christ’s return."
The article shows how to check if a Linux CPU supports AES‑NI, Intel’s hardware‑accelerated AES instruction set. It explains what AES‑NI is, why it speeds up encryption, and then lists three easy methods: use cpuid and grep for “aes”, grep the /proc/cpuinfo file, or run lscpu and look for the “aes” flag. If none of these commands report AES‑NI, the CPU relies on slower software encryption, which is still secure. The first CPUs to expose this feature were Intel’s Westmere chips in 2010. In the CPUID specification the flag is simply called AES (bit 25 of ECX). The “NI” (New Instructions) part is just a marketing name for the feature set. There isn’t a distinct “aes_ni” bit in the CPUID leaf. So, when you run <tt>lscpu | grep -i aes or cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep aes</tt>, the presence of aes tells you that the CPU supports AES‑NI. There is no separate aes_ni flag because the kernel already uses the more concise aes.
A detailed examination of the Pentium's ×3 circuit, explaining its purpose, implementation, and the advanced techniques used to maximize performance.
This article compares the Raspberry Pi 5 and Intel N100 PC in terms of performance, pricing, and capabilities. The N100 PC comes out on top in most performance benchmarks, while the Pi 5 stands out for its power efficiency. The choice between the two largely depends on the specific use case.
A tribute to the Z80 microprocessor, which has been discontinued after 48 years. The article discusses the history of the Z80, from its creation at Intel to its eventual departure from the market.
An international collaboration, a lot of hand-soldering, and incremental debugging
Intel Core i7 1280P "Alder Lake P" Linux Laptop Performance
