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Art fight attack for @fernsnailz! 💻

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Agnus is a Latin word meaning "lamb," symbolizing innocence, purity, and sacrifice.

The term originates from Latin, where it is derived from the Proto-Italic agʷnos, which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂egʷnós, also meaning "lamb". Cognates exist in Ancient Greek (ἀμνός, amnós), Old Church Slavonic (агнѧ, agnę), and Old English (ēanian, yean), reflecting its deep Indo-European roots. In English, "Agnus" is often encountered as a shortened form of Agnus Dei, meaning "Lamb of God," a phrase central to Christian liturgy.

In Christian theology, the lamb symbolizes innocence, gentleness, and sacrificial purity, often associated with Jesus Christ as the sacrificial lamb. The name carries connotations of spiritual purity and devotion, and it has been historically used in religious contexts, particularly in medieval and ecclesiastical Latin.

Jay Miner (the chief architect of the Amiga's custom chipset) was known to be a spiritual person. He deliberately chose "Agnus" not just because it fit the acronym Address Generator UNitS, but because he liked the deeper symbolic meaning. In interviews, he mentioned enjoying the playful feminine naming convention while also appreciating the classical and religious resonance. The Amiga team mixed technical practicality with a bit of whimsy and personality — which is why the chips feel so "human" compared to the cold, numbered chips in most other computers of the era.

Agnus is the "heart" of the Amiga — the chip that makes everything work smoothly. Yet she's also the one that fails most often (especially the early versions got hot and died). Many people spent hours carefully desoldering and replacing Agnus... almost like a little ritual. Some even called it "sacrificing" the old Agnus to bring the machine back to life.

The engineers (led by Jay Miner, the "father of the Amiga") wanted to talk about the chips freely in the office or over the phone without competitors or outsiders knowing what they were discussing. Naming them after women made conversations sound like they were just talking about girlfriends or wives. ("How’s Paula doing?" "Agnus is being difficult today.")

He personally designed the Agnus chip himself and supervised the others. The early prototypes were massive breadboards with hundreds of chips each — it took years of refinement to shrink them into the final custom chips. Jay was known for his humanistic approach to engineering. He wanted computers to feel alive and creative, not just cold business tools. He even had his dog Mitchy's paw print molded into the casing of the Amiga 1000 alongside the designers' signatures — a sweet, personal touch.

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🔥WSJ: Apple sets up factories in Arizona…

Wall Street Journal report

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MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Sebuah chipset untuk smartphone kelas premium yang memiliki performa dan dukungan fitur luar biasa. Chipset ini hadir dengan chipset All Big Core dengan clocking maksimal di 3.25GHz. Dengan GPU Arm Mali-G720 MC7 GPU, performa gamingnya diatas rata-rata. Chipset ini juga menawarkan NPU AI Generatif super kencang di kelasnya! Chipset ini sudah resmi hadir di Indonesia, yaitu pada POCO X7 Pro 5G dan realme GT 7T.

[adafruit]

PCM510x MCLK-less I2S DAC with line level out 🎧💻

We're starting to stock a lot of chips that are able to do digital I2S out, which makes for great-quality audio playback. That's great when you have enough processing power to decode WAVs or MP3s in real-time. However, we could really use some better DACs in the shop. We like the UDA1334A

Adafruit I2S Stereo Decoder - UDA1334A Breakout

This fully-featured UDA1334A I2S Stereo DAC breakout is a perfect match for any I2S-output audio interface. It's affordable but sounds g

..., but that's technically discontinued - it's great because it doesn't require an MCLK that some boards like the Raspberry Pi don't have and doesn't need I2C configuration either. The PCM510x is a good family, too; it ranges from the inexpensive PCM5100 (https://www.digikey.com/short/z50cnp0h) to the PCM5102 (https://www.digikey.com/short/80z2nh3h) which has high quality output at a higher cost. This breakout could use any of the family chips & gives you all the GPIO needed with a 3.5mm headphone jack for line-level output.

[onetechavenue]

MediaTek Delivers More Flagship-Class Experiences with Dimensity 9400e Mobile Platform

Manila, Philippines—Today, MediaTek unveiled its latest chipset in the flagship space,   the MediaTek Dimensity 9400e. Featuring the company’s advanced All Big Core architecture, the Dimensity 9400e is the latest addition to MediaTek’s family of flagship-class processors, providing a wider variety of options and functionality for device makers, and delivering exceptional performance and energy…

MediaTek Delivers More Flagship-Class Experiences with Dimensity 9400e Mobile Platform

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Smartphone yang ditenagai oleh chipset MediaTek Dimensity Series mendominasi Top 10 smartphone terbaik di kelas menengah berdasarkan Antutu Benchmark pada tahun 2025. Bahkan 9 dari 10 smartphone di list tersebut ditenagai oleh MediaTek.

[cynicmachine]

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY??? IVE BEEN PLAYING BLOXBURG. WHAT HAPPENED IM SO LOST????!???!??!!!!?!?!