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NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, 5 June 2011. Advantech Industrial Automation Group (IAG) in New Taipei City, Taiwan, is introducing the UNO-2174A and UNO-2178A Intel Atom-based embedded automation computers ...

Integrators of central processing units — the brains of sophisticated military and aerospace systems — are dividing into two camps: those who continue to specify traditional silicon chips, and those ...

However, that processor gives the Q1 the claim to being the world's first true microcomputer two years before the better known MITS Altair 8800. "It is a real bonus being able to feature two Q1s – the ...

The processors in today’s computers have grown tremendously in performance, capabilities and complexity over the past decade. Clock speed has skyrocketed, and size has dwindled, even as the number of ...

On one level, choosing a processor speed for your business' computers is simple. The faster your processor speed, the faster your computer will move, and, all things being equal, the more it will cost ...

One of the most frequently touted measures of processor performance is a given chip's speed in gigahertz. Processors with higher GHz ratings can, theoretically, do more in a given unit of time than ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...