Tag Archives: ARM

ARM chips to beat Intel Real Soon Now?

Posted on 27 December 2018 by

To what extent is Intel’s dominance of CPUs, especially at the higher end, under threat from ARM chips? Rather a lot. Continue reading →

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This Looks Like Why FireFox Is A Pig

Posted on 10 December 2018 by

Is the FireFox memory hog behaviour all down to lack of ‘garbage collection’ in the language used to write it (rust) and the programmers not doing it actively themselves? Some evidence for that… Continue reading →

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New Toys!

Posted on 6 December 2018 by

New Toys! 3 SBCs now in hand. Continue reading →

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For deep security, use ARM, avoid Intel & AMD processors

Posted on 3 February 2017 by

For about a decade now, Intel chips have had a ‘computer in your processor’ subject to exploit and where you can to audit nor control the programs running on it. A great place for a Government to insert spyware, don’t you think? That’s why I am building with ARM chips. Continue reading →

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