Qualcomm Is Developing Mobile Processors That Learn Like Human Brains

Qualcomm is developing a new line of Zeroth processors designed to help devices think and sense just like human brains and bodies.

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Sony QX100 Teardown: The Beautiful Guts of a Weird Camera

The QX100 is a freaking bizarre camera. It looks like just a big lens barrel, but it’s actually a whole camera. No matter what you think of its odd appearance, though, on the inside, its guts are indisputably glorious. Here’s a look at what’s inside.

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The First Carbon Nanotube Computer: The Hyper-Efficient Future Is Here

The First Carbon Nanotube Computer: The Hyper-Efficient Future Is Here

Coming just a year after the creation of the first carbon nanotube computer chip, scientists have just built the very first actual computer with a central processor centered entirely around carbon nanotubes. Which means the future of electronics just got tinier, more efficient, and a whole lot faster.

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iPhone A7 Chip Teardown: Power-Dense Samsung Silicon

iPhone A7 Chip Teardown: Power-Dense Samsung Silicon

We’ve already seen inside the iPhone 5S and found out that its guts are blisteringly fast—but now iFixit has taken a very close look indeed at the A7 silicon that powers the new phone.

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Memory Chips Are the Most Expensive They’ve Been in Two Years

Memory Chips Are the Most Expensive They've Been in Two Years

Manufacturers and consumers alike better brace themselves: memory chip prices have hit a two-year high because of a major fire in a massive Chinese production plant.

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iPhone A7 Chip Benchmarks: Forget the Specs, It Blows Everything Away

iPhone A7 Chip Benchmarks: Forget the Specs, It Blows Everything Away

We just ran benchmarks on Apple’s new iPhone 5S, revealing that, yup, this is the dopest smartphone silicon ever made. This thing freaking churns, crushing every other smartphone out there on both computational power and graphics. But if you look at common specs like core-count and clock speed for the hardware, you’d never know it.

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iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 5C Teardown: Just How Different Are They?

We already know that the iPhone 5C is basically an iPhone 5 with a fancy plastic coat, but how do they compare side-by-side? There are a few more differences than you’d think.

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iPhone 5C Teardown: An iPhone 5 Wrapped in Plastic

iPhone 5C Teardown: An iPhone 5 Wrapped in Plastic

The ace team at iFixit has already gutted Apple’s new iPhone 5S, and now they’ve taken a look inside the 5C, too. So what, exactly, lurks beneath that colorful plastic shell?

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The iPhone 5S Teardown: Everything New Is Inside

The iPhone 5S Teardown: Everything New Is Inside

The ace team at iFixit is currently gutting the iPhone 5S, as only they can, to see what’s new inside the next iPhone. What’s the fingerprint scanner look like on the inside? What about all those fancy new chips? And how’s that goldpagne?

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Intel Has Made a Processor That’s Powered By Wine

Intel Has Made a Processor That's Powered By Wine

The Intel Developer Forum is coming to an end, meaning its execs get to go wild and show some of the oddball concepts under way at the tech giant. These include a processor so efficient it can pull all the energy it needs to run from a glass of red wine.

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