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- Talking Intel Accelerated News And Process Tech With TechTechPotato
- PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs Approaching Blazing-Fast 16GB/sec Speeds Slated For 2022 Debut
- Relive Retro IBM PC Glory Days In Emulation With This Tiny $10 Microcontroller
- Gabe Newell Proclaims Openness Is Steam Deck's Superpower Against Game Consoles
- Sony PlayStation 5 Beta Software Enables Long-Awaited M.2 SSD Support, Get It Now
- Micron Ships First 176-Layer NAND UFS 3.1 For Speed-Hungry 5G Phones
- James Bond's Classic Aston Martin DB5 Drifts Into Rocket League This Week
- Oregon State's Bipedal Robot Runs A 5K As We Watch In Skynet-Induced Terror
- Back 4 Blood Open Beta Launches Next Month, Here's How To Get Your Game Key Now
- Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU Party Could Be Exclusive To Power Users In 2021
- Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Will Continue Free Service-Model Upgrades For Years To Come
- Dell XPS 17 9710 Review: A Superb 17-Inch Premium Laptop
- Researchers Say Dark Mode May Help Smartphone Battery Life Less Than You Think
- PS5 Sales Top 10 Million Units Becoming Sony's Fastest-Selling Console Ever
- Halo Infinite's First Multiplayer Beta Test Kicks Off July 29th, Here's How To Register
- Pichai: 2022 Pixel Lineup Is The Payoff For Google's Deep Tech Investments
- Next-Gen Apple Mac Pro Can't Quit Intel Yet, 38-Core Ice Lake Xeons Rumored
- TSMC Receives Go-Ahead For Advanced 2nm Chip Fab With Production Starting In 2024
- AMD Zen 4 CPUs And RDNA 3 GPUs Confirmed For 2022 Debut At 5nm
- California's Confusing Energy Law May Have Just Stopped Shipments Of Certain Gaming PCs
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In this episode of Two And A Half Geeks Dr. Ian Cutress of TechTechPotato and Anandtech joins us for a lively discussion of the disclosures made during the 'Intel Accelerated' event and what it all means from chip-level transistor tech to...
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It seems like just yesterday when we first basked in the glory of PCIe 4.0 SSDs. But in actuality, we've experienced 5,000+ MB/sec sequential read and write speeds for the past two years. PCIe 4.0 was first enabled for consumer PC...
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We're big fans of retro gaming (which is our way of saying some of us are old fogies), and so we always get a thrill when someone shows off a project that is a throwback to bygone eras, be it the venerable Commodore 64, Amiga systems of...
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Fair or not, Valve's recently announced Steam Deck is drawing comparisons to the Nintendo Switch, the result of both systems being built around a handheld form factor. They are not really the same thing, obviously—Steam Deck is a PC in...
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One of the best features of Sony's PlayStation 5 is the ability to upgrade the console's internal storage via an empty M.2 PCIe 4.0 slot. Unlike the Xbox Series X, which uses a proprietary port for expanding storage, the PlayStation 5 can...
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When it comes to smartphones, the primary system-on-chip (SoC) and camera arrangement tend to dominate the discussion, as does the overall build quality and whatever unique features a particularl handset might bring to the table. Storage...
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A new vehicle is heading to your garage for some ball blasting fun for fans of the hugely popular game Rocket League. Starting tomorrow, July 29th, James Bond's iconic Aston Martin DB5 will be available in the game for a limited time.
How...
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While robots are cool, the jury is still out on whether they will want to kill us pesky humans if the robot uprising occurs. This is not helped by the fact that we are making more robust robots that can walk and move as well as if not...
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The running joke about Valve Corporation is that the company cannot count to three, in that there is no [traditional] follow-up to Half-Life 2, Portal 2, or Left 4 Dead 2. However, some of the developers of Left 4 Dead left Valve to create...
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At this point, it is common knowledge that Intel will be launching its Alder Lake lineup before the end of the year (barring any last minute hiccups), but what SKUs will those be? Only the decision makers at Intel know for sure. That said...
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As it stands, Windows 10 gets monthly security, quality, and the occasional out-of-band update which all help to keep users “productive and protected.” It appears Microsoft has now officially confirmed that Windows 11 will be following the...
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17-inch laptops are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days. Every manufacturer has a couple of models in their line-up, but they don't get a ton of attention because they're typically quite bulky and harder to tote around than sleeker, smaller machines. However, the system we'll be showing...
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Over the past few years, smartphone operating systems -- namely, Android and iOS -- have adopted Dark Mode options to reduce eye strain at night and help save battery life on devices with OLED displays. For that latter point, the general...
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The current generation console race kicked off back in November 2020 with the launch of the PlayStation 5/PlayStation 5 Digital Edition and Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S. The PlayStation 5 jumped out to an early lead, and Sony today...
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Halo Infinite was originally supposed to come out in November 2020, but instead will not be released for another few months. However, there is a way for eager fans to test the waters before the official release. It was recently announced...
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Google over the past several years has struck a balance between its various services and offering consumer hardware designs, the latter of which has been increasingly expanding (in part through acquisitions). So what does the future hold?...
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Apple is eager to leave Intel behind as the supplier of CPUs for its Mac lineup, but bear in mind that this transition to using Arm-based silicon based on custom home brewed designs in place of Intel's x86 CPUs is not an overnight...
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We learned earlier this week that Intel made some branding changes to its process nodes, and the company gave us some insight into the advanced technology that will underline its Intel 20A node. However, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
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Most people would agree that AMD has done a fantastic job under the guidance of Dr. Lisa Su, who navigated the company into Zen and RDNA waters, the two major architectures that underpin its modern CPUs and GPUs. Having once again...
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You probably thought you were done with brain-jarring algebra and trigonometry from your school days but that may not be the case, thanks to some legal lunacy out of California. New energy efficiency regulations, which went into effect on...
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Ever since AMD launched its Ryzen family of processors in 2017, the company has been on an upward trend in CPU market share versus Intel and regarding its financial health. That winning streak continues today, as AMD just announced its Q2...
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Battlefield 2042 is mostly all out in the open at the point, save for a few details about operators and the 'Seasons' system that the game will have. However, leaker Tom Henderson has us covered on the latter with some exciting details...
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