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As it happens though, RISC is alive and well, revived and revitalized with RISC-V in 2014 by Berkeley University. RISC-V ...

The move represents a major step by the US semiconductor giant in boosting the development of open-source chip architecture ...

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Some situations might call for an update or "flash" to your motherboard's BIOS. What does that mean and what are the stakes?

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I have reviewed a couple of NAS units for LincPlus, the LincStation N1 and N2, which can only take SSDs (2.5-inch and NVMe.