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Andy Patrizio is a freelance journalist based in southern California who has covered the computer industry for 20 years and has built every x86 PC he’s ever owned, laptops not included.

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Intel is king of the supercomputing hill again

Posted Jun 18, 2013 - 04:18 pm

The list is mostly bragging rights and a lot of vendors have reasons to brag. But questions are being raised over how those bragging rights are determined.
benchmark, Intel
Intel plans for multiple Atom-powered servers

Posted Jul 24, 2013 - 02:14 pm

At a recent data center strategy meeting, Intel talked up Atom as much as Xeon, showing it's ready for a server fight with ARM.
Arm, Atom
Intel to discuss terabit networking at IDF

Posted Aug 21, 2013 - 01:05 pm

Next month's Intel Developer Forum will see a new type of fiber optic networking interconnect that enables terabit networking speeds.
Corning, fiber optics
Intel's first Atom-powered tablet does not impress

Posted Jul 15, 2013 - 08:46 pm

The Galaxy Tab 3 will not set performance records, although that's not entirely Intel's fault.
Atom, Intel
iPhone 5S could enjoy a 31% speed boost

Posted Aug 26, 2013 - 05:44 pm

The iPhone could be one-third faster and a lot prettier, according to this week's rumors.
Apple, Arm
More memory means a longer SSD lifespan

Posted Jul 17, 2013 - 02:47 pm

SSD drives can and will wear out. The best way to reduce wear is reducing the amount of disk swapping, and more memory can do that.
memory, SSD
Nvidia blows minds with its next-gen Tegra

Posted Jul 26, 2013 - 03:58 pm

Nvidia's Tegra has been a little lacking, given how good the company's PC GPU are by comparison. That gap is about to close.
Samsung's fix for losing Apple? Go into business against TSMC

Posted Jul 12, 2013 - 03:15 am

Samsung has quietly built the third largest chip foundry business in the world and wants more. So if Apple will leave, it will go for Apple's competition.
Apple, Intel
The Hynix fire and memory prices: What you need to know

Posted Sep 20, 2013 - 01:27 pm

It's hard to gauge the impact of the fire at Hynix's plant in China because the company has been so mum on details. So everyone is operating on speculation, which can be both dangerous and expensive.
hynix, memory
Unisys takes on the big names in x86 servers with mainframe technologies

Posted Sep 09, 2013 - 01:46 pm

Hardware security born in the mainframe will now secure Red Hat and Microsoft operating systems in secure containers.
Dell, HP

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