Two mines in North Carolina are the world's only producer of the quartz necessary for semiconductor manufacturing
If they were to stop operating, it would mean a few years of catastrophic disruption, says Wharton professor Ethan Mollick
#TBT Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was produced over 50 years ago, the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now. While the 8008 wasn't the first microprocessor, it was truly revolutionary, triggering a revolution and leading to the x86 architecture that dominated personal computers for decades to come.
We have purposefully been using a 4K OLED monitor in ways that will cause permanent burn-in. This is not how you should be using an OLED monitor, but we're taking one for the team.
The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is an interesting new release from Nvidia targeting the sub-$200 market. Now, the interesting part is not so much for its performance as it is for other angles.