processors
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So Just How Powerful Are Apple’s New Laptop Chips Gonna Be
Apple officially confirmed in its WWDC keynote yesterday that, yes, it would be using its own processors in its laptops and desktops. Not a terribly surprising announcement considering the rumour mill had been churning for months prior to that, but it’s nice to have Apple formally acknowledge the existence of its A12Z Bionic computer processor.…
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Intel’s New Desktop Processors Take A Very Intel Approach To Challenging AMD
Following the announcement of its high-end mobile processors at the beginning of the month, Intel has revealed that, yes, 10th-gen desktop processors are coming too. This is not surprising news! But Intel’s made this latest launch interesting enough. There’s a lot to unpack with these processors beyond clock speeds and nanometres, like thinner dies and…
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Developer Finds USB Chargers Have As Much Processing Power As The Apollo 11 Guidance Computers
It comes as no surprise that the guidance computers aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were impossibly primitive compared to the pocket computers we all carry around 50 years later. But on his website, an Apple developer analysed the tech specs even further and found that even something as simple as a modern USB charger is…
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Redesigned Thermal Paste Syringes Are Supposed To Look Less Like Drug Paraphernalia
We’ve all been there as a teenager. What starts as a nerdy afternoon building a fancy new gaming PC ends up with a stint in rehab after your parents assume those tiny syringes full of thermal paste mean you’re doing the drugs. Cooler Master is apparently tired of all the confusion, so it’s redesigned its thermal…