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China’s 100 GHz light-powered chip ditches electricity, shatters speed record in computing
Instead of using electronic oscillators to keep internal time, these chips run photons around a racecourse-like circuit that ...
Is a light-speed chip unveiled by China-led team the future of ultra-fast processing?
All-optical 100 GHz chip shatters clock speed limits in dramatic boost for AI development, 6G, autonomous vehicles A new 100 ...
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What is a quantum processing unit (QPU)?
It is akin to a conventional computer's central processing unit (CPU), which performs calculations using the information held in binary bits – the 1s and 0s of data. Unlike classical processors ...
Apple debuts new MacBook Air, Mac Studio with AI-ready chips
Apple Inc. rolled out updated MacBook Air laptops and Mac Studio desktops, seeking to maintain a sales resurgence for the ...
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Bladensburg man arrested, charged with murder in infant’s death
A Bladensburg man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in connection with the death of a ...
Apple unveils M3 iPad Air with faster performance and new Magic Keyboard
Apple also updated its low-end, US$349 iPad with an 11-inch screen to include the A16 chip. That is an upgrade from the prior ...
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The architecture of the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
All programs and data processing are run in the CPU and all hardware components are, to some extent, controlled by it.
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PC CPU models
The brains of the PC is a central processing unit (CPU) made by Intel or AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). It stems from the Intel 8086 (x86) architecture in the IBM PC in 1981. Following is a brief ...