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The Multi-Core Myth

A multi-core CPU is not always a better performer than a single-core CPU. This fact depends upon many different factors, including the task at hand, the architecture of the CPU, etc. The following article provides a good bit of information on the factors surrounding this fact in detail. Check out the excerpt below or check [...]

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The first digital computer wasn’t the ENIAC

“Who invented the computer? For anyone who has made a pilgrimage to the University of Pennsylvania and seen the shrine to the ENIAC, the answer may seem obvious: John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert Jr., who led Penn’s engineering team in the 1940s. As it says on the plaque, the giant machine made of 17,468 [...]

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