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<p>Intel fits 16 neuromorphic Loihi chips on its Nahuku board. It uses 64 of the research chips to make its 8-million neuron Pohoiki Beach computer.</p>

Intel packs 8 million digital neurons onto its brain-like computer

With 64 Loihi processors, Intel packs 8 million digital neurons into one computer.

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<p>Support for high-speed Thunderbolt connections accounts for a sizable fraction of the circuitry on Intel's new 10nm Ice Lake processors.</p>

High-speed Thunderbolt ports are getting better -- but so is USB

But USB is good enough for most of us -- and getting better.

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<p>Intel's Project Athena aims to improve a wide range of PC abilities at the same time.</p>

Intel's Project Athena aims for laptops with both power and battery life

Maybe you'll reach for you PC instead of your phone.

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<p>Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors</p>

Intel promises faster laptops with Ice Lake chips this year

How does an 18% speed boost sound to you?

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<p>Intel's 10nm Ice Lake processors</p>

Meet Intel's Ice Lake processor, due to speed up PCs in 2019

Intel's quad-core chip should speed up PCs in 2019.

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<p>Rene Haas, head of Arm's intellectual property group, speaking in 2018</p>

Arm chip designs will speed up 2020 Android phones

But that still might not be enough to outpace iPhones.

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<p>Samsung's gate all around transistor design</p>

Samsung's 2021 chips will be 35% faster, 50% less power hungry

Shrinking chip circuitry down to 3 nanometers will boost speed 35% while cutting power use 50% in 2021 so your phone battery lasts longer.

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<p>Google's TPU v3 chips -- tensor processing unit -- are liquid cooled for maximum performance.</p>

Google's AI chips now work together in 'pods'

TPUs linked into "pods" let Google Cloud customers train their artificial intelligence systems faster.

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<p>The IBM-built Sierra supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is today's second-fastest supercomputer, but it'll be about a sixteenth as fast as the Cray-built Frontier due in 2021.</p>

World's fastest supercomputer coming to US in 2021 from Cray, AMD

The Energy Department awards a $600 million contract to build Frontier, while China and other countries are buying more supercomputers.

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<p>Samsung builds 7nm and 5nm processors at its EUV production line in Hwaseong, Korea.</p>

Samsung's new 5nm chip tech means faster phones, better battery life

The Korean chipmaker now can build next-gen processors for chipmakers like Qualcomm to test. But rival TSMC is, too.

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<p>Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California</p>

USB 4 means you'll be able to buy USB hubs again

Laptops don't have as many ports with the USB-C revolution, but better dongles will come to the rescue.

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<p>The Huawei P30 Pro has four rear-facing cameras.</p>

What makes Huawei's P30 Pro camera tick

The flagship phone tries hard to match what conventional cameras offer. Here's a guide to the new hardware.

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