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Janet's 32-Bit Pointer Test: Real RAM Win, Missing Packaging

Janet built with 32-bit pointers saved about 20 percent of its memory and lost 50 percent of its speed; the x32 ABI would keep the cache win without that cost, but Arch doesn't compile it in and Debian ships it disabled.

Ubiquiti's Flex Mini Runs on an Undocumented Nuvoton Chip

A firmware dump plus the debug port's identity register name the chip in Ubiquiti's USW Flex Mini, and Zephyr's thin support for it is what blocks a fresh firmware.

An Undocumented iPod Chip, 256 Register Values, and a Working Driver

A long-standing Rockbox TODO closes: someone swept an undocumented iPod chip's mode register through all 256 values and wrote the missing remote-button driver.

China's Memory Leader Eyes Flash as the Shortage Bites

CXMT, China's DRAM leader, is preparing to move into flash memory against Samsung and YMTC — a supply-side response to the AI-driven memory shortage.

Five Rust Changes, 100 Terabytes of RAM

Cloudflare cut its 1.1.1.1 DNS cache in half with five small Rust changes, freeing roughly 100 terabytes of RAM across the fleet.


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