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HotHardware is an online publication about computer hardware, consumer electronics and related technologies, mobile computing and PC gaming. It regularly features coverage of new products and technologies from vendors including Intel, Dell, AMD, and NVIDIA. "Daily Hardware Round-ups" also offer reviews and news submitted by other technology ...
3DMark. 3DMark is a computer benchmarking tool created and developed by UL (formerly Futuremark ), to determine the performance of a computer's 3D graphic rendering and CPU workload processing capabilities. Running 3DMark produces a 3DMark score, with higher numbers indicating better performance. The 3DMark measurement unit is intended to give ...
A cryptographic accelerator card allows cryptographic operations to be performed at a faster rate. Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware designed to perform specific functions more efficiently when compared to software running on a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU). Any transformation of data that can be calculated ...
PCMark 10 is a system benchmark for Windows PCs with a focus on modern office tasks. It offers a variety of workloads categorised into four groups. The Essentials group includes web browsing, video conferencing, and app start-up time. The Productivity group includes tests based on spreadsheets and writing.
A stress test (sometimes called a torture test) of hardware is a form of deliberately intense and thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results. Reasons can include: to determine breaking points and ...
3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards. It was a pioneer in the field from the late 1990s to 2000.
Comparison of real-time operating systems. This is a list of real-time operating systems (RTOSs). This is an operating system in which the time taken to process an input stimulus is less than the time lapsed until the next input stimulus of the same type. Name.
The Windows Hardware Lab Kit ( Windows HLK) is a test automation framework provided by Microsoft to certify devices for Windows. Earlier similarly released frameworks were called Windows Hardware Certification Kit (Windows HCK) and Windows Logo Kit (WLK). It provides automated scheduling and execution of the driver tests that hardware vendors ...