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How CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Ryzen 5 2600X vs. 2600: Which should you buy?
If you've got some $200 to spend on a new CPU and you want something that can handle any and all tas...
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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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Why You Can't Buy Books from the Kindle app on iPhone or iPad in 2018
Spoiler alert:It's the same reason you couldn't in 2017 or previous years for that matter.Apple user...
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When SSD Performance Goes Awry
An unfortunate tale about Samsung's SSD 840 read performance degradationAn avalanche of reports emer...
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Building a Thin Mini
While many of us are content with traditional desktop tower PCs, there are those who have been pushi...
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Anatomy of a Keyboard
Input devices like keyboards have a key role in the computing and gaming landscape, so the guts of t...
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Testing Reliability: Puget Systems' List of Tried and True PC Hardware
We've all been there. You want to buy a new graphics card, you read the reviews, and settle on the b...
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What's New in DirectX 12? Understanding DirectML, DirectX Raytracing and DirectStorage
DirectX has been with us for 25 years, providing developers with the tools to make incredible games....
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The Steam Machine: What Went Wrong
2012 was an important year for Valve. The company introduced Big Picture Mode - a Steam interface de...
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FreeSync 2 Explained
Over the past few weeks we've been looking into and exploring the world of FreeSync 2. Now this isn'...
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Parental Controls: How to Lock Down Your Kids' iOS Devices
I'm the father of a very curious 9-year-old daughter. As such, it's a headache trying to make sure s...