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The University of Illinois Chicago was never meant to be an ordinary campus. And it’s held up its end of the bargain throughout its six decades of existence. Mayor Richard J. Daley leveled parts of ...

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Fifth-year applied physics Ph.D. candidate Ben Bartlett, postdoctoral scholar Avik Dutt and electrical engineering professor Shanhui Fan proposed a new computer hardware design in November that could, ...

Learn what an ARM based PC is, how ARM vs x86 PCs compare, and why ARM computers improve power efficiency, battery life, and ...