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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics

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Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

Haswell is here, and we've somehow produced more words and graphs about it than the chip has transistors. We have frame latency-focused gaming tests...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics

Since their debut five years ago, Intel's Atom microprocessors have relied on the same basic CPU core. Next-gen Atoms will be based on the...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech

This Windows 8 tablet has an Atom processor, solid battery life, and a $430 price tag. Is it compelling as a tablet, and can...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Personal tech

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Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Windows Personal tech

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Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Blog post Tags: Displays Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics

You probably saw that Gartner report earlier this week about the sluggishness of PC shipments last quarter. Shipments were so sluggish, according to Gartner,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Motherboards Systems

Well, I've done it now. Like a mistreated spouse returning to his abuser, I've crawled back into Apple's aluminum, glass, and white polycarbonate arms—I've gone...

Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech

The next revision of AMD's top-of-the-line desktop CPU has arrived. Can it carve out a place for itself in a very difficult competitive environment?...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs