open hardware

  1. Keychron Publishes Keyboard CAD Assets—A New Era of Open Hardware for Modders

    Keychron’s decision to publish hardware design assets alongside firmware marks one of the most aggressive openness plays the keyboard market has seen in years, and it could reshape how enthusiasts, modders, and small accessory makers think about premium boards. The move goes well beyond the...
  2. Rising Linux Alternatives: Rust-first Kernels, Microkernels, and Open Hardware

    The recent churn in the Linux world—Rust maintainer resignations, high-profile upstream disputes and filesystem governance fights—has breathed new life into a different conversation: developers who feel alienated by the Linux kernel’s culture and process do not necessarily have to fork Linux...
  3. ARM in the Cloud: Project Olympus and Centriq 2400 in 2017

    Microsoft’s cloud hardware playbook took a visible step off the x86 roadmap in 2017 when the company publicly embraced ARM-based server designs — demonstrating Qualcomm’s Centriq 2400 on Project Olympus motherboards at the Open Compute Project summit and confirming Azure had ported key server...
  4. Microsoft's Bold Vision: Revolutionizing Handheld Gaming with Windows and Xbox

    When Microsoft took the stage at the Xbox Showcase in June 2025, the whispers had already started: would the company be able to fend off the growing momentum of SteamOS in the handheld gaming PC market? The dominant conversation among Windows enthusiasts and industry insiders revolved around a...
  5. VIDEO How 3D Printing Could Decentralize (Almost) Everything

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