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Choose the Best Hardware for Your Local LLM Deployment with This Online Guide – CNX Software

Local LLM Guide Qwen 9B

When it comes to deploying local LLMs, many people may think that spending more money will deliver more performance, but it’s far from reality.  That’s why Sipeed created the “AI Agent Local LLM Inference Device Deployment Guide” hosted on the llmdev.guide website. The website lists common hardware with price, performance (tokens/s), power consumption, and more for various LLMs. If we take Qwen3.5 9B as an example, we can see that $4K+ hardware like NVIDIA DGX Spark or Apple Mac Studio  M3 delivers about the same TPS as a machine equipped with a $260 Intel Arc B580 12GB GPU. If money is no object and you’d like the best performance, the NVIDIA GTX 5090 32GB makes the most sense. I reckon the price comparison is imperfect because some data points reflect the price of a complete system, while others only list the price of a graphics card. However, for Qwen 122B-A10B, […]

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AWOL Vision Aetherion: 4K Ultra Short Throw RGB Laser Projector with VRR & 3300 ISO Lumens (Crowdfunding) – CNX Software

AWOL Vision Aetherion 4K short throw projector

The AWOL Vision Aetherion is a new Ultra Short Throw (UST) 4K Android TV 14 projector built around the MediaTek MT9655 TV SoC. Additionally, the projector includes 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and 2.5GbE networking for high-bitrate local media streaming. The projector is available in two variants, Aetherion Pro and Max, with the main difference being brightness. Other than that, it features a 6000:1 native contrast ratio, up to 3300 ISO lumens (for the Max model) of brightness, and covers 110% of the Rec. 2020 color gamut. It uses a triple RGB laser light with PixelLock optics for edge-to-edge sharpness on screens from 80 to 200 inches. Gaming features include Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), MEMC for smoother motion, Anti-RBE technology for reduced rainbow artifacts, and dynamic tone mapping for HDR content. With quiet (~28–30 dB) operation, it’s designed for movies, gaming, and general entertainment […]

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ESP32-P4-Powered T-Display-P4 Devkit Boasts ESP32-C6, SX1262/LR2021 LoRa Transceiver – CNX Software

LILYGO T-Display-P4

LILYGO T-Display-P4 is a feature-rich ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 devkit, but with a smartphone-like design and support for GPS, Ethernet, and LoRaWAN through SX1262 or LR2021 LoRa transceiver, besides the usual WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.x, and 802.15.4 wireless connectivity. The T-Display-P4 is offered with either a 4.05-inch IPS display and a 2MP front-facing camera or a 4.1-inch AMOLED with a 2MP rear camera. The devkit is equipped with 32MB PSRAM and 16MB NOR flash for the ESP32-P4, a microSD card slot, a built-in microphone and speaker, a 3.5mm audio jack, a few USB ports, and a 9-axis motion sensor, as well as a GPIO port and two Qwiic connectors for expansion. T-Display-P4 specifications: MCU – ESP32-P4 CPU Dual-core RISC-V microcontroller @ 360 MHz with AI instructions extension and single-precision FPU Single-RISC-V LP (Low-power) MCU core @ up to 40 MHz GPU – 2D Pixel Processing Accelerator (PPA) VPU – H.264 and […]

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Forlinx FCU1501 Fanless IoT Gateway: Rockchip RK3506J-Based, Dual Ethernet, Abundant I/Os & Serial Interfaces

Forlinx FCU1501 Embedded Computer

Forlinx Technology has recently introduced the FCU1501, a rugged, fanless industrial embedded computer and IoT gateway built around the Rockchip RK3506J processor with a tri-core Cortex-A7 and a single Cortex-M0 core. The system is designed for high-reliability data acquisition and protocol conversion in harsh environments. The gateway comes in two variants (basic and extended), which have similar dimensions but differ mainly in interface density. Both models feature up to 512MB DDR3 RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, dual Fast Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 5.0, and 4G LTE Cat 1 support. Applications include automation, rail transit, and smart manufacturing. The system supports a wide industrial temperature range (-40°C to +85°C) and meets Level 3 EMC standards. Forlinx FCU1501 Specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3506J CPU 3x Arm Cortex-A7 cores up to 1.5 GHz Arm Cortex-M0 real-time core GPU – 2D GPU only No VPU, no NPU System Memory – 256MB or 512MB DDR3 Storage 256MB NAND […]

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John Baldwin on FreeBSD – Software Engineering Daily

FreeBSD is one of the longest-running and most influential open-source operating systems in the world. It was born from the Berkeley Software Distribution in the early 1990s, it has powered everything from high-performance networking infrastructure to game consoles and content delivery networks. Over three decades, it has evolved through major architectural shifts, from symmetric multiprocessing

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New RCS Update May Eventually Connect iPhone and Android Video Calls

iPhone and Android users might be able to make interoperable video calls through their messaging apps – eventually. Last week, the GSM Association (GSMA) announced that the finalized RCS Universal Profile 4.0 standard will let users turn 1-to-1 or group RCS chats into video calls thanks to a feature called Messaging‑Initiated Video Calls (MIVC). “MIVC […]

Our Top Spring Cleaning Deals from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is underway, so naturally, a lot of the deals are geared toward the season, including plenty of gadgets to help with spring cleaning. We’ve already rounded up a selection of great robot vacuum deals, but they’re just one part of a much broader swath of Verge-approved tools that can make tidying […]