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Intel Core i7-7700k Review: A 7th Generation Mainstay And Coming Change
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Intel Core i7-7700k Review: A 7th Generation Mainstay And Coming Change

September 13, 2017
Healthy competition is a great thing in the marketplace. In the processor segment it's something that Intel hasn't had to strongly challenge for years -- it's why we have seen 7 generations of the Core branding's mainstay featuring 4 core CPUs with Hyper-threading. After the release of AMD's processors based on the Zen architecture, our...
XDA Takes on Ryzen: In-Depth Look of AMD’s AM4 Processors On Linux
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XDA Takes on Ryzen: In-Depth Look of AMD’s AM4 Processors On Linux

April 24, 2017
In 2016 readers wanted to know how AMD's FX processors performed when it came to Linux and Android building - and thanks to the folks at AMD we were happy to find out and share the results with you. The lessons we learned from that article helped us learn how to better configure our systems...
ARM announces their second Bifrost GPU – the Mali-G51
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ARM announces their second Bifrost GPU – the Mali-G51

October 31, 2016
Back in May of this year ARM announced the Mali-G71, the company's first GPU that utilized their new Bifrost architecture. This new architecture from ARM was quickly adopted into the high-end mobile market, due to growing demand for VR gaming along with other complex and constantly evolving power hungry mobile gaming content. When building their...
Samsung Begins Mass-Producing the Exynos 7 Dual 7270 SoC for Wearables
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Samsung Begins Mass-Producing the Exynos 7 Dual 7270 SoC for Wearables

October 12, 2016
Samsung has just announced mass production of their first wearable SoC that is built upon the company's 14nm FinFET process technology. The company has been expanding their 14nm technology since it was introduced back in 2015, and now they are bringing it to all sorts of wearables. This also marks the first in its class to offer full...
Open Source RISC-V Core Designs, Why Google Cares and Why They Matter
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Open Source RISC-V Core Designs, Why Google Cares and Why They Matter

January 8, 2016
The CPU is one of the most crucial components of our computers, responsible of performing basic calculations, logical comparisons and moving data around. These simple tasks are the building blocks of any more complex operation, and make running our systems and programs possible. How these operations are done is not random: an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)...