We ran every test you could think of on the M1 UltraWell, every test you suggested that actually runs on macOS.By C. Schodt, 05.17.2022
Apple's M1 Pro and Max chips are living up to the hypeHow does M1 Max stack up against AMD's 16-core 5950X?By C. Schodt, 02.01.2022
Is Apple’s M1 Max really the fastest laptop chip ever?Apple is making some big promises with their new Macbook Pro chipsBy C. Schodt, 10.20.2021
How are camera sensors still improving?It's tough to capture light in a fraction of a second.By C. Schodt, 09.09.2021
Intel has a plan to go beyond 3nm chipsIts moving past nanometers, in more than one way.By C. Schodt, 08.04.2021
IBM's 2nm transistors matter because of their shape, not size2nm is impressively small, but these transistors also use an innovative "nanosheet" design.By C. Schodt, 05.11.2021
Intel's plan to get back on trackIntel plans to build chips for other companies, and to have other companies build their chipsBy C. Schodt, 04.01.2021
Hard drives are about to get superchargedHAMR and MAMR will use lasers and microwaves to pack as much as 60TB into a drive.By C. Schodt, 03.22.2021
Apple's M1 isn't witchcraft, it's good chip designA bunch of smart choices adds up to a seriously fast chip.By C. Schodt, 02.08.2021
How is the M1 so much faster than other chips?It's the M1 vs Qualcomm's SQ2, and it's not a fair fight.By C. Schodt, 02.03.2021
2020 put us on the edge of a processor revolutionUpscaled looks back at a big year for CPUs.By C. Schodt, 12.30.2020
RISC-V is trying to launch an open-hardware revolutionIt's an open-source processor design built to open up CPU design to all companies.By C. Schodt, 10.30.2020
NVIDIA's RTX 3000 cards make counting teraflops pointlessSchrodinger's cuda core.By A. Souppouris, 09.04.2020
Will QLC SSDs make hard drives extinct?QLC promises huge capacity, but it comes with some major drawbacks. By C. Schodt, 08.11.2020
Will gallium nitride electronics change the world?Not all semiconductors are equal.By C. Schodt, 07.02.2020
Do Apple's new Mac chips mean ARM has won?Apple is dropping Intel and the x86 architecture in favor of ARM and RISC.By C. Schodt, 06.23.2020
How much does your CPU matter for gaming?We compare Intel's i9-10900k and AMD's Ryzen 3 3300XBy C. Schodt, 05.21.2020
NVIDIA's massive A100 GPU isn't for youAmpere's long-awaited debut comes inside a $200,000 data center computer.By C. Schodt, 05.14.2020
Can Intel's 10th-gen desktop CPUs compete?Breaking down Intel's new chip lineup.By C. Schodt, 05.04.2020