Raspberry Pi 4 Emulation Test Lakka – N64 Dreamcast PSP & More – August 2019

Just a quick Raspberry Pi 4 Emulation situation update video Number 2, Lakka is running on the Pi4 but it’s still really early and a lot of emulators are now working like N64 Dreamcast and PSP An Official RetroPie version for the Pi4 is not yet available as of making this video but I still wanted to update everyone on the Progress of RetroArach On the Raspberry Pi 4.

Raspberry Pi Zero W for BT Car Audio Streaming

Car audio capabilities can be an interesting animal. Sami Pietikäinen’s vehicle in particular came with a built-in Bluetooth setup for hands-free phone use that does not support audio streaming. Fortunately, it did come with a 3.5mm line-in jack, meaning with a bit of hacking, streaming audio from his phone over Bluetooth would definitely be possible.

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Intel teases next-gen 56C/112T CPUs for 2020 still on 14nm

On the eve of AMD’s launch of its EPYC Rome CPUs, competitor Intel has announced that its future Intel Xeon Cooper Lake family of CPUs will have server versions with up to 56C/112T of power.

Intel detailed the future of its Xeon Scalable platform at its Data-Centric Innovation Summit that it’s bringing its 56C/112T Xeon Platinum 9200 family to Cooper Lake. The reason? For the new bfloat16 instructions mixed with the high 28-core count CPU as well as the new Cooper Lake CPUs being socketed versus BGA only.

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Connect Apple’s Retina Displays to a Single-Board Computer Using an eDP Adapter

German tinkerer Arthur Jordan found a way to connect Apple’s outstanding retina displays from the iPad 3 and 4 to any device outfitted with an eDP (Embedded DisplayPort), such as single board computers. Those 9.7-inch retina displays feature a resolution of 2048 x 1536 (2K) and can be repurposed from bricked or damaged systems that are no longer of use or bought online for about $40 to $60.

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