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On a modern system (Windows 7+, Linux wth GRUB 2.0 bootloader) all of the drawing is done without the VBIOS; the VBIOS is just used to set up the mode. The VBIOS is a 16-bit x86 ap…

I work on PC firmware (i.e. BIOS) and do have the pleasure of writing and debugging 16-bit x86 (although that's not my whole job description). If you or anyone else is intrigued, w…

The Surface Book had an interesting narrative not only because of the hardware, but also the ironic underdog story of Microsoft vs Apple. Nevertheless Samsung gets plenty of covera…

This does support tabs in the default configuration. Ctrl+T opens new ones.

No, my Google-fu also failed me. There's also an SPI ROM that is an input into the DP-HDMI2 chip, so there's likely firmware there that is not part of Google's open-sourcing.

For what it's worth, this appears to be an active dongle using a MegaChips device to do the DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 conversion. USB Type-C alternate mode handles the passing of Dis…

Apple is going for even higher margins, and it will still sell well since who doesn't want a lighter iPad? * SoC: A5X was 165mm^2. A6X was 123mm^2. A7 is only 102mm^2 with a 64-bit…

Facebook joined the Linaro Enterprise Group (watched the announcement at ARM TechCon in Santa Clara last year), indicating that they are at least interested in developing that nece…