AUDIOPHILE MAN - HiFi REVIEW: SERENE PLATTER MAT FROM STACK AUDIO
Do we really need another turntable platter mat? Paul Rigby thought not until he saw this new design from Stack Audio. To read the review, click: https://theaudiophileman.com/serene-platter-mat-from-stack-audio-2/ #turntable #vinyl #platter #mat #silicon #review #HiFi #audiophile #stack
Beware of the #dangers of #Silicon #Dioxide!
- Silicon Dioxide is a side product of dehydration of #asbestos
- Inhaling Silicon Dioxide causes #silicosis which is a condition that can fatally damage the lungs
- Silicon Dioxide is commonly used to contain #DihydrogenMonoxide
- Silicon Dioxide is a substance frequently warned about on packages
- Silicon Dioxide is used to manufacture #5G endpoint devices
- Silicon Dioxide is used by the #military to direct the effect of #TerahertzRadiation at the intended target
- Silicon Dioxide is a chemical known to the State of #California to cause #cancer.
- Silicon Dioxide is an essential component of #Molotov Cocktails
- Substantial amounts of Silicon Dioxide are often among trash washed up by the sea
- Silicon Dioxide, even in form of medium sized crystals, is a known "chicken killer"
- Silicon Dioxide is, as known for a long time, where the #foolish man built his home
- Silicon Dioxide is a commonly used extinguishing agent for Class D fires
- Contact with Silicon Dioxide often causes bleeding and injuries up to and including death
- Silicon Dioxide is used to enhance the effect of abrasive blasting, and can even chip away at steel
- Silicon Dioxide is often shipped alongside other dangerous chemicals such as #SulfuricAcid
- Just small quantities of Silicon Dioxide in your bed can cause #insomnia
Despite all this, even today Silicon Dioxide is still used as a building material for homes! #SiliconDioxide #conspiracy
(sorry for repost, had a massive typo)
Beware of the #dangers of #Silicon #Dioxide!
- Silicon Dioxide is a side product of dehydration of #asbestos
- Inhaling Silicon Dioxide causes #inflation silicosis which is a condition that can fatally damage the lungs
- Silicon Dioxide is commonly used to contain #DihydrogenMonoxide
- Silicon Dioxide is a substance frequently warned about on packages
- Silicon Dioxide is used to manufacture #5G endpoint devices
- Silicon Dioxide is used by the #military to direct the effect of #TerahertzRadiation at the intended target
- Silicon Dioxide is a chemical known to the State of #California to cause #cancer.
- Silicon Dioxide is an essential component of #Molotov Cocktails
- Substantial amounts of Silicon Dioxide are often among trash washed up by the sea
- Silicon Dioxide, even in form of medium sized crystals, is a known "chicken killer"
- Silicon Dioxide is, as known for a long time, where the #foolish man built his home
- Silicon Dioxide is a commonly used extinguishing agent for Class D fires
- Contact with Silicon Dioxide often causes bleeding and injuries up to and including death
- Silicon Dioxide is used to enhance the effect of abrasive blasting, and can even chip away at steel
- Silicon Dioxide is often shipped alongside other dangerous chemicals such as #SulfuricAcid
- Just small quantities of Silicon Dioxide in your bed can cause #insomnia
Despite all this, even today Silicon Dioxide is still used as a building material for homes! #SiliconDioxide #conspiracy
Live in 5 for the #opensource #silicon #stream !
News, updates and taking a look at our IHP test chips.
https://www.youtube.com/live/XCnYaYjCoD8?si=hVGzUh4QrF0Hh0tr
Testing Ricardo Nunes's 12 bit SAR ADC on #TinyTapeout 7!
Hey hey, you thought there be no #nakeddiefriday today? Here we go!
Today's entry is an Infineon/Siemens SAB-C167CR-LM, a microcontroller based on the C166 core. The die is in pleasant-looking pastel colours. :-) The die has pin 1 in top left corner. I'll do a short thread.
Many thanks to @debauer for supplying the samples!
SiPron page with more info and full-res map: https://siliconpr0n.org/archive/doku.php?id=infosecdj:infineon:sab-c167cr-lm
I'd rather want a #honest #MSRP than a effectivley unavailable one.
And yes, I blame #AMD, #nvidia and #intel doing #Greedflation against #consumers because I'm very certain they don't sell #silicon at cost for a fixed price per unit depending on the order size, but rather charge a cut of the sold model (similar to #ARM does nowadays for their #licensing)...
We are glad to announce the next edition of the Free Silicon Conference (#FSiC) which will be held at IHP Microelectronics (Frankfurt an der Oder) on July 2, 3, 4 2025:
https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2025
Please help us to spread the voice and to identify new open-silicon projects and new open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools.
To propose or suggest an idea just answer to this toot or write at fsic2025'at'f-si.org.
#OrganicPhotovoltaics: the path to lightweight, flexible and transparent #SolarCells
Researchers at #HiroshimaUniversity are creating organic photovoltaics that are sustainable and offer many benefits over traditional #silicon-based solar panels.
"Itaru Osaka’s story with organic photovoltaics began as a PhD student working in the research group of Hideki Shirakawa at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. In the 1970s, Shirakawa, along with American scientists Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid, found a way to make plastics that can conduct electricity — a discovery that won them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000.
"These days Osaka has his own research group at Hiroshima University that is working with these ‘conjugated polymers’ to make carbon-based, ‘organic’ photovoltaic cells. In contrast to typical silicon-based cells, which are relatively bulky, heavy, rigid and opaque, the organic alternatives are flexible and transparent enough to be placed where existing cells cannot, such as on the walls of buildings, the glass of greenhouses and even on the sides of tents.
"Significantly, their fabrication is expected to be cheaper and consume less energy than silicon-based photovoltaics."
Read more:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-022-00224-9
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarCells #SolarPower #SolarPunk #RenewableEnergy #RenewablesNow
Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple Silicon to a new extreme — https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-reveals-m3-ultra-taking-apple-silicon-to-a-new-extreme/
#HackerNews #Apple #M3 #Ultra #Apple #Silicon #Tech #News #Innovation
Years ago, I was asked to make a print for a missing element in a gallery show of the Periodic Table Printmaking Project, which gathered prints by different artists for each element . This small linocut represents the chemical element Silicon, with its diamond cubic crystal structure shown in silver. Its symbol, atomic number and a couple of its forms are shown in lilac. Silicon is common in the Earth’s crust 1/n
Plans for the weekend: Terminate Prime, Audible and all Google. Move backups to S3 alternative in EU. Enjoy the dogwalk with my 15 year old furry friend to the max. I still love #America and Americans, but it's time to divorce the #silicon #valley bros as best I can. https://european-alternatives.eu/de/produkt/exoscale-object-storage #broxit
Going live in under an hour for the open source silicon stream #6!
I plan to do a low voltage experiment to see what happens with a design running with a low core voltage.
We have recently got some new chip decap images from Texplained, so I'll take a look at them.
And following on from stream #4 I'll take a look at a level shifter designed by Sylvain Munaut
#Solar panel production refers to the entire lifecycle of solar panels, from raw material extraction to #manufacturing processes and end-of-life considerations. #Environmental impact encompasses the effects on #ecosystems , #biodiversity, energy consumption, #waste management, and more. Life cycle assessment is a methodology used to evaluate the environmental impacts of a product throughout its entire lifecycle.
The production of solar panels requires the extraction of materials like #silicon, #silver , and #aluminum . The #mining and processing of these materials pose significant environmental consequences, including habitat destruction, soil #erosion , water #pollution , and #greenhouse gas #emissions .
Solar panel manufacturing involves multiple steps, including wafer production, cell fabrication, and module assembly. Each step requires #energy and emits greenhouse gases. Energy-intensive processes like wafer production contribute to the overall #carbon footprint of solar panel production.
As solar panels reach the end of their lifespan, proper waste management becomes crucial. The disposal of decommissioned panels can lead to environmental contamination and potential health risks. However, there are emerging solutions such as recycling and resource recovery to mitigate these challenges.
By addressing the challenges associated with raw material extraction, manufacturing processes, waste management, and #ecosystem impacts, we can work towards minimizing the negative consequences....
- the topic of the overall ecological burden of #renewables seems to be a key one in considering a realistic #emission-free #economy (unless it is just an alibi for pushing dirty processes to other countries). The article is quite short and it only opens the topic - it would be useful to know some hard data on this topic. May be from the sources the article refers to, or I'd be glad for other tips from someone.
https://green.org/2024/01/30/the-environmental-impact-of-solar-panel-production/
#ecology #greendeal #solarpunk
Avec DeepSeek, l'intelligence artificielle chinoise bouleverse la Silicon Valley
https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-tech/20250128-avec-deepseek-l-intelligence-artificielle-chinoise-bouleverse-la-silicon-valley
#Éco/Tech #Intelligence artificielle #DeepSeek #Bourses #Tech #Silicon Valley #Wall Street #Start-up
Want to learn more about the economics and the supply chains of the semiconductor industry? Want to understand why it's so important from a military perspective? Read this article.
23-Jan-2025
From root to shoot: How #silicon powers plant resilience
Breakthrough discovery of the #ShootSiliconSignal protein reveals how an optimal level of silicon enhances plant #resilience and #productivity
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071394 #science #plants #PlantPhysiology #signalling #proteins
#Silicon #Photonics Breakthrough: The “Last Missing Piece” Now a Reality. Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich #FZJ the University of Stuttgart, the Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics #IHP and their French partner #CEALeti have successfully developed the first electrically pumped continuous-wave #semiconductor #laser made entirely from group IV elements, commonly referred to as the “silicon group” in the periodic table.
https://scitechdaily.com/silicon-photonics-breakthrough-the-last-missing-piece-now-a-reality/