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(Season 3) Episode 18

We seem to be finally going along the whole 'computers have lots of parts and we should talk about them' track. Considering Apple has released their "M1" CPU powered iDevices.... maybe you should know what exactly that means? If you aren't a fan of Apple, maybe you just want to know why Intel keeps releasing a new geographic feature every year or so.

As always, sources available on our website.
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We seem to be finally going along the whole ‘computers have lots of parts and we should talk about them’ track. Considering Apple has released their “M1” CPU powered iDevices…. maybe you should know what exactly that means? If you aren’t a fan of Apple, maybe you just want to know why Intel keeps releasing a new geographic feature every year or so.

Sources:

CPU Definition + RISC/CISC:

ComputerHope.com, Accessed: 11 May 2021, “CPU”GeeksforGeeks.org, Accessed: 11 May 2021, “Microarchitecture and Instruction Set Architecture”Medium, 27 July 2020, “What Does RISC and CISC Mean in 2020?”

Architectures (ARM & x86):

ITIGIC, 13 November 2020, “ARM vs x86, Why is One More Energy Efficient than the Other?“

Hyperthreading/Simultaneous Multi-threading:

Intel.com, Accessed: 11 May 2021, “What Is Hyper-Threading?”TechSpot, 29 July 2019, “Testing Ryzen 9 with SMT On vs. SMT Off”HP.com, 14 August 2018, Accessed: 11 May 2021, “Hyper-Threading and Everything You Need to Know”

PCIe Lanes:

Guru 3D, 5 November 2020, “AMD Ryzen 5 5600X review – PCI-Express 4.0 and the X570 Chipset“CotsComputers.com, Accessed: 11 May 2021, PCIe Lanes explained

APUs (Accelerated Processing Unit) & SoCs (System on a Chip):

Tom’s Hardware, 11 September 2019, “What Is an APU? A Basic Definition”Tom’s Hardware, 11 September 2019, “What Is an SoC? A Basic Definition”

(Mention) Intel Last Gen i9’s (10th/9th Gen) Run Hot:

Wccftech, 11 May 2020, “Intel Core i9-10900K 10 Core Flagship CPU Runs Very Hot & Consumes 235W Power at 4.8 GHz – Over 90C Temps With a 240mm AIO Cooler”Vice, 19 July 2018, “Apple’s New i9 MacBook Pro Runs so Hot It Has to Slow Down“

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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH