李晶
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Assembling a DIY PC Speaker System
I was bitten by the audiophile bug at a relatively young age. When I was in my early teens, my paren...
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CPU and GPU Availability and Pricing Update: March 2021
CPU and graphics card pricing and availability are still a mess, but is the situation improving? Can...
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Sustainable Computing, Explained
When it comes to the topic of greenhouse gas emissions, the traditional culprits usually fall under...
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How USB Works
Editor's note:An updated version of this article has been published.For 25 years, the USB port has b...
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How We Test: CPU Benchmarks, Misconceptions Explained
We're certain many of you already have a solid understanding of how we perform CPU benchmarks, but a...
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Aiming for Atoms: The Art of Making Chips Smaller
In the realm of computer chips, bigger numbers are often better. Morecores, higherGHz, and greaterFL...
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Reasons to Upgrade Your Laptop (That Go Beyond a Performance Upgrade)
It used to be that buying a new laptop every few years was more or less necessary just to keep up wi...
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Test Driving the 2023 BMW iX M60: The most powerful electric vehicle from BMW
We are somewhere between ankle and knee-deep into the electric car revolution, but still witnessing...
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Are We Reaching GPU Normalcy? The Answer is (Almost) Yes
It's time for another look at graphics card pricing and this month it's particularly exciting as we...
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And Action! An Examination of Physics in Video Games
Video game physics are something that we often take for granted. If you make your avatar jump, you e...
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What Ever Happened to GeoCities?
In the mid 1990s, the internet had no Facebook, Google or even Wikipedia. If you wanted to use the w...
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What Ever Happened to Winamp?
Recently I had a friend over to whom I offered to audition my DIY PC speaker system. The first thing...