X86 - what's the future?

In this year we have seen:

1. information about Intel CPU instability from voltage and manufacturing process (13 and 14 gen)
2. relative weak performance of Arrow/Lunar Lake CPUs (Intel concentrated on power efficiency)
3. (initial?) problems with Ryzen 9000 series
4. Qualcomm delivering only part of promises & without faith in own platform. Currently we see canceled SDK mini PC, we don't have full compatibility, Linux support and CPUs are normally paired with power-hungry screens and small batteries (which doesn't make any sence).
5. AMD with paper AI 300 series. We don't have many systems with it, they seems to be too expensive (mini PC cost even 2x than prev gen), additionally almost all models come from Asus and sometimes we see such nonsenses like pairing with Nvidia cards.
6. AMD working together with Intel on extending x86 (they probably feel pressure from ARM and RISC-V)

Is x86 really dying?

I provide here some first mockups.

I provide here first version of README.md from two GitHub repositories.

In December I had ability of creating powerful ITX system with AMD Ryzen processor. After this build I created an article in Polish language describing with details problems found during it (see Największa niewiadoma 2020 to AMD (pełne case study budowy mocnego systemu ITX), here I wanted to make some extract and short conclusion in English language.

Sobieski is CMS (Content Management System) using just PHP (no database) for displaying HTML content from UTF-8 text files and offering

Czwarta kniga już gotowa, niechaj żyje nowomowa... Czwarta kniga już dostępna, cena w miarę też przystępna... Bo nie chodzi o profity, tylko natchnień ruch przyzwoity...

Książka ma prawie 300 stron i zbiera publikowane i niepublikowane wiersze z lat 2004-2019 (przy czym wszystkie zostały gruntownie przeredagowane).

First last report from Chrome/Chromium:

Today there are 304 externally visible bugs (after 13 May 2019 three P0!), in code there are included 199 patches (1565 files changed, 18161 lines inserted, 19486 lines deleted) with such changes like:

Android set APNs according to SIM card network code, application makes it according to network code and network name saved on the SIM card:

1. none of user data (SIM card serial number, SIM card IMSI, SIM card network, phone network number) are saved in device or transmitted from device

2. application is changing internal phone APN database: can use internal database (you can export it) or external file with data, changes are done on user request, on the start or when network type change

Permissions:

Some photos and info...

I've just released new version of ISTQB glossary.

During creating it I have checked automatically links from topic to topic in extracts from ISTQB glossary 2.4 and SJSI glossary 2.2.2:

Hey baby, I need your hand,
help me and understand,
I'm frightened more than you,
though I'm barely touching you,
you've such amazing grace...

Hey baby, show me heaven today,
shake me like yesterday,
come over here above it all,
help me before next fall,
you've such amazing grace...

Hey baby, hold me so tight,
hold me morning, day, night,
I've shivers down my spine
and it feels so divine,
you've such amazing grace...

I will say yes to you,
but let me in thru
and let me just know,
that I can now come,

And I will love here
and make us hot there
and hold you in arms
with all your charms,

I will say yes to you,
but let me in thru
and let me just know,
that I can now come,

And I will kiss here
and feel you there
and hold you with arms
with all your charms,

I will say yes to you,
but let me in thru
and let me just know,
that I can now come,

http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/HTML/Specifications shows, that current version of HTML is 4.01 and version 5 is in draft only...but in the same time everybody is proving compliance with it. Big fun...that we're all using beta version of something and we're happy from it :)

I decided to make quick and dirty comparison of some parameters of selected OS. I measured values once, because for me it was the most interesting to get only quantity. I have selected number of bytes written/read from HDD and number of bytes sent/received over network. Why ?

People are using more and more often SSD/flash memories, which have specified number of write cycles and people are using more and more often network connections with data limits.

Here are results, I have used mainly values observed by VirtualBox functions:

DOC, DOCX, PDF, EPUB, ODT, CHM,....

There were many formats of documents created over years, ISTQB provides own glossary in PDF format. I decided to convert it some time ago to form of Android application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mwiacek.istqb.glossary. You can search topics, jump to related topics, etc. Small, fast, effective.

Are you working a lot with computers ? Are your eyes tired because of it ? Yes, the most often they are.