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The Unexpected Success of No Man's Sky
Sean Murray, lead developer of the planetary exploration game No Man's Sky, doesn't want to dwell on...
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Interview: What is it Like to Develop a Game in VR?
The jump scare is a trope used in many horror video games. It features a build-up of suspense, the m...
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Things AMD Needs to Fix
This is the second part of our "Needs to Fix" series. Last week we talked about a number of issues w...
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We Asked GPT Some Tech Questions, Can You Tell Which Answers Are Human?
ChatGPT and its wordsmith capabilities are all over the news, and for good reason. The large languag...
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50 Years Later: The Revolutionary 8008 Microprocessor
Guest author Ken Shirriff is a Silicon Valley-based computer enthusiast who enjoys reverse-engineeri...
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Why Refresh Rates Matter: From 30Hz to 540Hz
Are higher refresh rates better for gaming? Yes, they are. In this article we'll explain why refresh...
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A Brief History of the Multi
It's hard to overemphasize how far computers have come and how they have transformed just about ever...
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How CPU Cores & Cache Impact Gaming Performance
At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical exa...
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Not Intel, Not AMD: Alternative CPU Architectures from Around the World
It's easy to think of the desktop CPU space as a duopoly: on the one hand you have Intel finally tra...
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What is Crypto Mining?
On January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin mining operation went underway, and a 50 BTC reward was sent t...
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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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Patched Laptops: Testing Meltdown & Spectre Patches on Ultraportable
You've probably seen our coverage and tests over the past few weeks on the Meltdown and Spectre vuln...