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Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Titan OC Edition 11
Enabling AV1 video encoding for the Intel Arc A750 GPU on Ubuntu

Enabling AV1 video encoding for the Intel Arc A750 GPU on Ubuntu

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Hi everyone, Yesterday, I installed a new Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) into my main machine. Unfortunately, I had some problems when attempting to encode videos to AV1. However, it is easy to solve when we perform the following steps. It seems that we must use Intel-provided packages in order to enable the full use of the hardware. Barely using ffmpeg with Ubuntu’s default packages will show a couple of errors which are fixed when we install the intel packages. Note…

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The Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Titan OC Edition Graphics Card

The Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Titan OC Edition Graphics Card

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Hi everyone, Today, I have installed a new Graphics Processing Unit into my main machine. The card I chose is the Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Titan OC Edition. The reason for choosing this card has to do with video encoding, with its Intel Quick Sync component supporting VP9 and AV1 encoding. AV1 encoding is slow on the CPU itself, so having a GPU capable to do that is great. It is also able to encode to H264 and H265/HEVC. It…

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07 - Taking out the Intel i7-3720QM CPUfrom the container
Changing one of my CPUs to the Intel VT-d-enabled Intel i7-3720QM

Changing one of my CPUs to the Intel VT-d-enabled Intel i7-3720QM

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Hi everyone, As I’ve been using Linux as my main operating system for a while, I’ve been doing some virtualization experiments to also use Windows with it. I discovered QEMU/KVM and virtio/VFIO PCI-Express passthrough, but unfortunately, one of my CPUs doesn’t support the Intel’s VT-d extension. This extension is used to enable direct hardware access, which enables us specifically to pass PCI-Express devices to the VM and act like if it was connected natively. My old CPU was an Intel…

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REKONG Intel Wifi AX210 M.2 Kit 4
The REKONG Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 M.2 Kit

The REKONG Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 M.2 Kit

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Hi everyone, Today, I will show you the REKONG Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 M.2 Kit. This kit is designed to add an M.2 Wi-Fi card to a compatible desktop motherboard like the ASRock X570M Pro4 that I’m using. It uses the latest Wi-Fi protocol, Wi-Fi 6E and also has Bluetooth 5.2. It comes with everything needed to add Wi-Fi to a motherboard. The kit includes the following: It seems that the card is distributed by Fenvi itself and resold or…

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Up Board Package
Did I just received my UP AI Plus that I backed on Kickstarter?

Did I just received my UP AI Plus that I backed on Kickstarter?

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Hi everyone, Today, I got a package with Up Tape in it: I’ve been expecting to receive my UP AI Plus that I backed on Kickstarter last year. The project got several delays due to Intel CPU shortages, but last week, I received a tracking number from AAEON, which makes the UP Board and this just popped up today. It initially should have been delivered on Thursday. I’ll be opening the box and seeing if this is definitely the UP…

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Received the two Intel Xeon X5670 today! 12 threads per CPU! Let’s install them!

Received the two Intel Xeon X5670 today! 12 threads per CPU! Let’s install them!

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Hi everyone, Today, I received the two Intel Xeon X5670 that I ordered on Monday. These two CPUs replaced the previous 2 Intel Xeon X5570 CPUs. Below, I show you some photos changing the CPUs in my servers; the CPU specs, and running BOINC with them: Let’s Start! First, let’s remove the server cover. Here’s how it looks internally: Here’s where the CPU’s and RAM Modules are located. We need to take out the plastic cover: We can see the CPU…

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CPU upgrades coming in the following days!

CPU upgrades coming in the following days!

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Hi everyone, Today, I made the decision to upgrade my server CPUs. Currently, it runs using 2x Intel Xeon X5570, which are Quad-Core CPUs running at 2.93Ghz. These CPUs consume 95W each, and has Hyper-Threading, meaning each CPU has 8 threads. This means the server currently has 8 Cores and 16 Threads. In the following days, it will be running with 2x Intel Xeon X5670, which uses the same socket and are compatible with the hardware. The Intel Xeon X5670…

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My new BOINC Crunching Machine

My new BOINC Crunching Machine

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Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you my new machine that I’ll be using to crunch BOINC tasks. The machine is a used Dell PowerEdge R710. It has 2x Intel Xeon X5570 clocked at 2.93Ghz. It didn’t had a GPU except for the integrated basic GPU, so I added the ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO that I was previously using as an eGPU (external GPU) in my laptop. The Intel Xeon X5570 is a Quad-Core processor with Hyper Threading. This makes…

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