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    Apple is an existential threat to the PC

    That's true for most big.LITTLE implementations.
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    Wii U for Dummies?

    Your not likely saving much electricity using your Wii U rather than using your TV. You'll save a lot more electricity if you got a real tablet.
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    The AMD Execution Thread [2007 - 2017]

    Change of control isn't a breach of contract. Here's what AMD had to say about this subject in May. http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/amd-clarifies-cross-license-with-intel-change-of-control-terminates-agreement-for-both/
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    Sony is bleeding money - business strategy discussion

    The film rights to X-Men/Spiderman remain with FOX/Sony as long they continue to release a movie within a set timeframe (that's publicly unknown). That's why there's have been so many Spiderman and X-men films in the past 15 years. X-Men and Spiderman movie are exclusively controlled by FOX and...
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    AMD: Volcanic Islands R1100/1200 (8***/9*** series) Speculation/ Rumour Thread

    Could it be 1 4Gb and 1 2Gb GDDR5 module in clamshell mode for every 32-bit controller?
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    Xbox : What should MS do next? *spawn

    According to the wayback machine the most popular memory configuration for desktops on bestbuy.com for the 250-499 segment was 3 GB. The most popular today? 4 GB. So I wouldn't assume that the amount of memory will continue to rise constantly especially after the price of DRAM finally reaching a...
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    News & Rumours: Playstation 4/ Orbis *spin*

    A merger between Sony and Nintendo would be awfully messy given how different the companies are with Nintendo being a relatively focused video game companies (that also happens to be a majority owner of the Seattle Mariners) while Sony is your prototypical sprawling Japanese conglomerate...
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    News & Rumours: Playstation 4/ Orbis *spin*

    It wasn't so long ago that Playstation was the segment that was dragging down Sony so I'm wouldn't be too sure that Playstation would be secure on it's own.
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    Haswell E

    If you're using a tablet to watch videos a 30+ megabit/s blu-ray can easily bog down a wifi network.
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    NVIDIA Files Complaints Against Samsung and Qualcomm for Infringing Its GPU Patents

    That's is a myth. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-myth-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/2014/02/11/00cdfb14-9336-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html
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    AMD: Volcanic Islands R1100/1200 (8***/9*** series) Speculation/ Rumour Thread

    It certainly does look like an Hardware.fr diagram.
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    Wii U hardware discussion and investigation *rename

    I not sure where you hear that, but I don't work for AMD (and never have).
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    The AMD Execution Thread [2007 - 2017]

    RBEs and memory bandwidth(but not latency) aren't important to mining so it might be prudent for AMD to look at their bins to see if any meet this criteria.
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    Wii U hardware discussion and investigation *rename

    The HD 6450 has 160 shaders.
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    The pros and cons of eDRAM/ESRAM in next-gen

    Sorry I meant the Xbox One
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