Why clock speed stopped being the number that matters
Two chips at the same frequency can differ by more than 40 percent in real work. Here is what replaced megahertz as the useful figure.
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High-bandwidth memory supply, not logic, is shaping accelerator pricing
Advanced packaging and stacked DRAM capacity now gate how many accelerators actually ship.
SSD endurance explained: what TBW ratings really promise
Terabytes written is a warranty term, not a failure prediction. The difference matters when sizing a drive.
On-device inference comes of age as memory bandwidth catches up
Quantisation and unified memory have moved useful models from the data centre to the laptop.
How chiplets quietly replaced the monolithic die
Splitting a processor into several smaller dies improved yield and let vendors mix process nodes.
Firmware updates are security updates, and most machines miss them
The code below the operating system rarely gets patched, and it is where persistence lives.
Export controls have reshaped the accelerator map
Performance thresholds written into trade rules now influence how chips are designed.
Display specifications that actually matter, and the ones that do not
Contrast and response consistency decide how a panel looks. Peak brightness claims rarely do.
USB-C decoded: how to tell what a port can actually do
The connector is one standard. Data rate, video output and charging are three separate ones.
Parts pairing is the next right-to-repair battleground
Software locks can reject a genuine component, which turns a repairable device into a disposable one.