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Western Digital (WD) has released a firmware update for its solid-state drives (SSDs) following numerous user complaints of blue screen errors (BSOD) when installing the Windows 11 version 24H2 update.
Microsoft has announced the launch of OpenVMM, a new open-source project for a cross-platform virtual machine monitor (VMM) written in Rust. OpenVMM is modular, cross-platform, and general-purpose, enabling it to operate on various operating systems.
For all content creators and developers, version 5.2 was released, which greatly improves some of the aspects associated with the management and creation of sites. In addition, version 4.4.9 was released.
Kioxia, one of the world's leading flash memory manufacturers, has introduced its new XD8 series server SSDs with PCIe 5.0 interface. The new SSDs are expected to improve the performance of data centers and servers themselves due to their high data transfer speed.
The Windows 11 24H2 update is causing unexpected problems with certain models of Western Digital NVMe SSDs. Users are reporting blue screen of death (BSOD) errors occurring with WD Black SN770 and WD Blue SN580 drives. These models lack built-in DRAM and use system memory for data caching via Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology.
At the Advancing AI event, AMD CEO Lisa Su announced several important innovations for the corporate market. Among them are the new Ryzen AI Pro 300 processors, powerful Instinct MI325X AI accelerators, and EPYC 9005 server chips for data centers.
In early October, Fujitsu and Supermicro announced a joint project to produce energy-efficient servers based on Monaka processors with ARM architecture.
Monaka is a processor from Fujitsu that is designed for AI systems. It is advertised that this processor will be twice as energy efficient as similar chips from competitors that are going to be released by 2027. Initially, Monaka processors were focused on air cooling, but cooperation with Supermicro led to a reduction in the size of the servers and their subsequent transition to liquid cooling.
On October 7, 2024, the stable version of Python 3.13 was released, bringing many significant innovations, including an experimental JIT compiler, a mode without the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), and an updated interactive interpreter based on PyPy. These improvements aim to enhance the performance and usability of the language. Python 3.13 will be supported for a year and a half, followed by security updates for an additional three and a half years.
Samsung is actively implementing the 2nm process, striving to catch up with competitors. According to Business Korea, the installation of equipment for 2nm chip production has already begun at the S3 plant in Hwaseong.
The performance of the 13th and 14th generation Core Raptor Lake processors has been fixed by the company and now users will not have stability issues. However, for the already affected chips Intel has not yet implemented solutions, users can only get an extended warranty.