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One difference with this wave of Arm PCs? All the big PC makers are actually on board
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One difference with this wave of Arm PCs? All the big PC makers are actually on board

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Here at Ars, we’ve been around long enough to chronicle every single time that Microsoft has tried to get Windows running on Arm-based processors, instead of the Intel and AMD-made x86 chips that have been synonymous with Windows for more than three decades. The most significant attempts happened in 2012 with Windows…

Lizard that Hulks out shows off its superhero genes
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Lizard that Hulks out shows off its superhero genes

Enlarge (credit: Kristian Bell) The lizard Podarcis muralis nigriventris might not grow to a freakish size and smash everything in sight, but evolution has turned this lizard into the Incredible Hulk of sorts—green skin included. P. nigriventris is something like the imposing Marvel superhero when compared to other strains of common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis). While the…

TSMC Offers a Peek at ‘Global Gigafab’ Process Replication Program
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TSMC Offers a Peek at ‘Global Gigafab’ Process Replication Program

At its European Technology Symposium last week TSMC revealed some of the details about its Global Gigafab Manufacturing program, the company's strategy to replicate its manufacturing processes across its multiple gigafab sites. The need for large-scale multi-national fabs to have a process in place to replicate their facilities is well-documented at this point. As scaling-up…

Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why
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Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why

Enlarge / Trial participant Sherown Campbell manipulating a Rubik's Cube. (credit: UP-LIFT Trial) With a zap of electricity from well-placed electrodes on the back of the neck, patients with tetraplegia can regain some modest yet potentially "life-changing" functioning of their hands and arms, according to data from a small clinical trial published Monday in Nature…