张志政
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The State of Quantum Computing Systems
The Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer, or the ENIAC as it is commonly known, is...
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Threadripper 3990X TRX40 VRM Torture Test feat. Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha
Today we're going to perform some AMD TRX40 motherboard VRM thermal testing using the powerful 64-co...
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Apple M1: Why It Matters
Ever since Apple launched its M1 processor and showed it running fast and cool on new MacBooks, the...
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Ryzen 5000 Memory Performance Guide
In this article we'll be searching for Zen 3's memory sweet spot and looking at DDR4 memory performa...
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The Most Memorable Overclocking
Enthusiasts have been pushing the limits of silicon for as long as microprocessors have existed. Ear...
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Against All Odds: How Netflix Made It
Home video rentals were already a $16 billion industry when Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph decided...
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The State of Nvidia RTX Ray Tracing: One Year Later
Time to revisit the state of ray tracing. It's been months since we last discussed ray tracing in de...
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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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A PC Gaming Music Journey: From Doom to Terraria, System Shock, and More Memorable Soundtracks
A few years back, we published a feature highlighting memorable video game music from the 8-bit and...
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Making a Fast Quad
In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performanc...
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What is a Checksum, and What Can You Do With It?
You're about to click on a download button and notice a weird looking code next to it. It doesn't se...
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Explainer: Number Representations in Computer Hardware
As Shakespeare would have it, "that which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet...