"The entire x86 computer architecture is living on borrowed time. It’s a dead platform walking. The..."

“The entire x86 computer architecture is living on borrowed time. It’s a dead platform walking. The future belongs to ARM, and Apple’s A-series SoC’s are leading the way.”

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John Gruber, in his review of the iPad Pro. (via parislemon)

He’s so right. We’re in the post PC world, and everyone is only just realizing it. Apple’s chips are incredible.

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Liquid Cooling Moves onto the Chip for Denser Electronics.

technology-org:

Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it’s needed the most – a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are ope…

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The new Lumia phones from Microsoft require liquid cooling just to keep their unoptimized chips cooled. Rather than research these cooling systems, why not better optimize our chips, a la Apple?

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