https://syaffers.xyz/tags/hardware/Recent content in Hardware on syaffers.xyzHugoen-usTue, 23 Jun 2026 09:36:13 +0400https://syaffers.xyz/posts/time-capsule-chip-2026/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://syaffers.xyz/posts/time-capsule-chip-2026/<p><img src="chip.jpg" alt="Image of the C.H.I.P computer and packaging on a textured surface"></p> <p>This is the <strong>C.H.I.P.</strong> I took this photo on July 25, 2016, when it first arrived at my college dorm room. It will turn 10 years old next month under my possession.</p> <p>Today, I wanna talk about hardware resilience: how the machines we build can outlive us.</p> <h2 id="trip-down-memory-lane">Trip down memory lane</h2> <p>The C.H.I.P. was (is?) a $9 computer built by Next Thing Co. (NTC from now on), a company that is now defunct. I recall the hype for the C.H.I.P. around the Twitter-verse (being on the radar for hobbyist hardware) at the time:</p>