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An Undocumented iPod Chip, 256 Register Values, and a Working Driver

A long-standing Rockbox TODO closes: someone swept an undocumented iPod chip's mode register through all 256 values and wrote the missing remote-button driver.

China's Memory Leader Eyes Flash as the Shortage Bites

CXMT, China's DRAM leader, is preparing to move into flash memory against Samsung and YMTC — a supply-side response to the AI-driven memory shortage.

Five Rust Changes, 100 Terabytes of RAM

Cloudflare cut its 1.1.1.1 DNS cache in half with five small Rust changes, freeing roughly 100 terabytes of RAM across the fleet.

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