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Nov 2024
1h 27m

260: CPUs Have Been Juicing for Too Long

Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
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It's been a wild few months in CPUs, with next-generation releases from both AMD and Intel in their respective Zen 5 and Arrow Lake categories. Now that most all the big parts are out, we break down what's what, including why everyone is finally going disaggregated (and what that means), what's going on with OS updates to make your processor run faster, whic ... Show More
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