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How JPEG Image Compression Works
In today's world of AI and machine intelligence, it sometimes skips the mind that the primary end-us...
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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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26 Years of The Elder Scrolls
It's been nearly a decade and two console generations since Skyrim came out in 2011. Since then, Bet...
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Cyrix: Gone But Not Forgotten
Most of you are no doubt familiar with Intel and AMD, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and possibly even...
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We're not in Ubuntu Anymore: The Linux Distros You've (Probably) Never Heard About Before
Unlike Windows and macOS, there is a world of Linux versions, known as distributions, for users to e...
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25 Years Later: A Brief Analysis of GPU Processing Efficiency
The first 3D graphics cards appeared 25 years ago and since then their power and complexity have gro...
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4GHz CPU Battle: Ryzen 3900X vs. 3700X vs. Core i9
IPC stands for "instructions per cycle" and it can be a good indicator of a processor's architecture...
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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 3: Bad Timing
In the first part of this series we looked at DDR4 memory, discussed pricing and availability, and s...
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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...
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Benchmarking Your PC: A Guide to Best Practices
Like millions of people around the world, you probably use your PC to play video games. You may well...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built, Part 2: CPU Design Process
Now that we know how processors work at a high level, it's time to dig inside to understand how the...