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Native Chinese Supercomputer Could Be World's Most Efficient
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Marshall's Plans: Getting Started With Microcontroller Projects
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Why You Might Want a Multi-Core Tablet
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Intel's New Ivy Bridge CPUs Will Give Your Next Laptop Legit Gaming Power
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Electric Imp Will Connect Everything to the Internet
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Intel’s New Processor Powers a Range of Ultra-Slim Laptops
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Commercial Quantum Computer Actually Works, According To New Testing
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How Intel's New Processor Will Keep Your Gadgets Alive Longer
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Do Computers Die of Old Age?
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This Guy Built A Room-Sized Computer Because He Felt Like It
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Intel's New Ivy Bridge CPUs Will Give Your Next Laptop Legit Gaming Power
Technology If you buy a cheapie laptop, you're going to get onboard graphics--historically underpowered, since they exist on the same die as the CPU, and thus historically crappy. To… If you buy a...
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Electric Imp Will Connect Everything to the Internet
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Intel’s New Processor Powers a Range of Ultra-Slim Laptops
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Commercial Quantum Computer Actually Works, According To New Testing
Technology Spooky stuff is really happening in the world's first commercially available quantum processor. Since the Canadian company D-Wave began selling so-called quantum processors, experts have...
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How Intel's New Processor Will Keep Your Gadgets Alive Longer
Gadgets The U- and Y-series core processors can extend battery life by two hours, and keep devices moving faster than ever. In the world of chip design, there's one spec people typically care about...
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Turning Idle Machines Into A Global Supercomputer
Technology A company has figured out how to leverage the power of unused processors for artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence, or machine learning as it’s also referred to, is starting to...
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Do Computers Die Of Old Age?
Technology Short answer: Sadly, yes Nothing lasts forever, not even electronics. “People assume electronic components will not age,” says Bianca Schroeder, a computer scientist at the University of...
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This Guy Built A Room-Sized Computer Because He Felt Like It
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You don't need an Xbox One X, but you'll probably like it
Gadgets Microsoft’s latest volley in the console war packs some serious computing power. The most powerful gaming console in the world might be too fancy for your TV.
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