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AMD Carrizo Part 2: A Generational Deep Dive into the Athlon X4 845 at $70

Prior to the announcement for AMD’s 7th Generation of APUs, Bristol Ridge, the latest micro-architecture from AMD based on the x86 instruction set was given the codename Excavator, using the fourth generation of AMD’s Bulldozer design, called Carrizo cores. Carrizo and Excavator were primarily aimed at laptops and is an important part of the efficiency goals AMD has set itself. We tested some 15W laptops earlier in the year, but when AMD announced a 65W part was coming to desktop, we actively sourced a part to compare generational performance improvements on the dekstop side in a like-for-like setting. This is that review, and we’re testing the Athlon X4 845 and its microarchitectural counterparts through the years: the Athlon X4 860K with Kaveri cores and the Steamroller µArch, the Athlon X4 760K with Richland cores and an improved Piledriver µArch, and the Athlon X4 750K with Trinity cores using the original Piledriver µArch.

Seagate to Lay Off Over 8,000 to Lower Costs
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Seagate to Lay Off Over 8,000 to Lower Costs

It is not a secret that total available market of hard drives significantly shrank in the recent years due to the slowing sales of PCs and popularization of SSDs for most low-end capacity devices. In a bid to stay profitable, leading hard drive makers…

Seagate to Lay Off Over 8,000 to Lower Costs
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Seagate to Lay Off Over 8,000 to Lower Costs

It is not a secret that total available market of hard drives significantly shrank in the recent years due to the slowing sales of PCs and popularization of SSDs for most low-end capacity devices. In a bid to stay profitable, leading hard drive makers…

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A First Look At Apple’s macOS Sierra

As with past years, Apple’s WWDC 2016 keynote showcased the upcoming updates to Apple’s operating systems and developer tools. It’s hard to believe that iOS is now on its tenth major version, which put Apple in an interesting position given that their desktop operating system has been called OS X for many years now. Given that Apple’s other operating systems are named iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, the name OS X has become a bit of an outlier. This year’s release comes with a new name in the typical manner that OS X releases each had a specific name, but also a new name for the operating system itself. The 2016 version of Apple’s operating system for Macs is named macOS Sierra. Read on for my preview of Apple’s newest Mac operating system.

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A First Look At Apple’s macOS Sierra

As with past years, Apple’s WWDC 2016 keynote showcased the upcoming updates to Apple’s operating systems and developer tools. It’s hard to believe that iOS is now on its tenth major version, which put Apple in an interesting position given that their desktop operating system has been called OS X for many years now. Given that Apple’s other operating systems are named iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, the name OS X has become a bit of an outlier. This year’s release comes with a new name in the typical manner that OS X releases each had a specific name, but also a new name for the operating system itself. The 2016 version of Apple’s operating system for Macs is named macOS Sierra. Read on for my preview of Apple’s newest Mac operating system.