the problem with the bit thing is that it's just one measure of the system that's loosing its significance. sure, in the 16 bit days, 32 bit graphics was a big deal, but today? i'd rather have 256 ...

You may have seen some VPN providers boasting about using AES-256 encryption, but it’s not immediately apparent what this ...

An FBI request that Apple develop software to bypass the security barriers of the iPhone 5C belonging to San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook has highlighted Apple’s encryption methods — ...

AMD is expected to drop its mid-range Radeon R9 380X next month, based on the Antigua XT GPU, it should rock 4GB of GDDR5 spread out across a 256-bit memory bus. Gamers have been expecting the release ...

Some images of a PCB (printed circuit board), reportedly for AMD’s next-generation Navi GPUs, have surfaced that suggest it will use GDDR6 memory, linked to the GPU via a 256-bit memory interface. For ...

As game consoles have become more powerful, the indices used to measure their speed and power have changed. The chart provides power ratings in terms of CPU (Central Processing Unit) bit size, GPU ...

Intel has decided that AES encryption feature of the 520 Series SSD (Cherryville) does not actually feature 256-bit encryption. It turns out that the SSD actually only supports 128-bit encryption, ...

Just saw this over at HardOCP, and thought it was quite interesting:<P><BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Take the difference (168 for the math impaired ...

Solid state drives have a number of advantages over traditional hard drives. They're faster, less noisy and more reliable in general. But now, Samsung's line of SSDs have another huge benefit: ...