On May 14, 2001, H. Peter Anvin announced to the linux-kernel mailing list: “Linus Torvalds has requested a moratorium on new device number assignments. His hope is that a new and better method for ...

We have seen major OEMs tinker with drivers and system settings for workarounds and various fixes in games and other apps before. And now that AMD is firmly back in the mainstream desktop processor ...

New cooling fans on faster G4s The new 677 and 733 G4's now have a plastic shroud around the processor(s) and a small box-fan that blows air out near the FireWire ports. (Thanks, Scott Boettcher.) ...

Alex Ionescu (Twitter) has made some worrying discoveries about a driver listed as "AMD PCI" which uses the driver file "AMDPCIDev.sys". Microsoft WHQLed what is basically a fake driver from AMD. 2.

Almost all Linux kernel device drivers work on more than just one type of processor. This only happens because device-driver writers adhere to a few important rules. These rules include using the ...

Standard-I/O silicon vendor PLX Technology said this week it will be demonstrating a variety of USB 2.0 offerings at next week's WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) in Seattle. “In ...

Running an Asus TX97-X Super Socket7 motherboard with Windows95b. In my System Properties Device Manager I have a question mark on PCI Bridge and PCI Universal Serial Bus. I went to AsusTek and they ...

PLX Technology has rolled out a PCI to USB 2.0 peripheral controller targeting products such as video-capture systems, television tuners, and Wi-Fi adapters. “This controller basically serves as a ...