An evidence-backed map of computer hardware.
Find a product. Understand its parts. Follow the evidence.
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One SSD. Three different descriptions.
M.2 names its physical format. PCIe describes its interface. NVMe describes its command protocol.
Follow its components, interface and protocol to their sources.
From the yearbook
- 1998 cohort · GPU3dfx Voodoo Banshee graphics chipGPU · 3dfx · 1998 research cohort
- 1997 cohort · GPU3Dlabs PERMEDIA 2 graphics processorGPU · 3Dlabs · 1997 research cohort
- 1998 cohort · CPUAMD-K6-2 processor 350 MHzCPU · AMD · 1998 research cohort
- 1998 cohort · CPUAMD-K6-2 processor 366 MHzCPU · AMD · 1998 research cohort
- 1998 cohort · CPUAMD-K6-2 processor 380 MHzCPU · AMD · 1998 research cohort
- 1998 cohort · CPUAMD-K6-2 processor 400 MHzCPU · AMD · 1998 research cohort
About this edition
60 historical candidates · 2 research years · 22 connected assertions
The historical sample mixes families, chips and boards; these are record counts, not equivalent products or a complete market census. The connected example is a separate documented reference.
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