Processor PosersGEEK
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MAXIMUM PC’S 17 TH IRREGULAR
WELCOME TOOUR ANNUAL
BRAIN-TEASING SESSION BY CHRIS LLOYD
HAVE YOU BEEN paying attention this year?
Have you been reading Maximum PC all
the way through? We hope so because it’s
time to put your PC knowledge to the test.
Welcome to our annual geek quiz where
we’ll see how high your tech knowledge
ranks. We’ve put together seven sections
of seven questions each, covering
hardware, software, the internet, and the
weird side of technology, and including a
few random nuggets. So, are your geek
credentials bona fide, or are you still a
noob? Time to find out.
No taking the easy option—stay away
from the search engine, close your
browser, and put the phone down. It’s time
to pit your wits against our cornucopia
of conundrums. If you’ve been reading
Maximum PC diligently, you should have
seen the answers to at least a few of them.
Some of the questions should be easy,
some definitely aren’t. And no, there is
no prize on offer, unless you count the
warm glow of satisfaction if you can prove
yourself worthy. Math tells us that by
simple random guesswork you’ll score
around 12 points, so let’s find out how
much better you can do. You may begin.1 This year, Intel introduced us to
a new acronym for its processors:
MTP. What does it stand for?
A] Minimum Thermal Phasing
B] Minimum Track Profile
C] Maximum Turbo Power
D] Maximum Temperature Profile2 The new Alder Lake chips use
high-efficiency Gracemont cores,
how much L2 cache do these have?
A] 2MB per module
B] 2MB per core
C] 2GB per module
D] 3MB per core3 During Intel’s Innovation event,
a Core i9-1 29 00K was overclocked
to a record speed, how fast?
A] 6.8GHz
B] 6.9GHZ
C] 7.0GHz
D] 7.2GHz4 Apple’s M1 processor
has roughly how many
transistors?
A] 13,500,000,000
B] 16,000,000,000
C] 18,000,000,000
D] 19,750,000,0005 Have a guess at how many versions
there are of AMD’s Cezanne APUs.
A] Er, about 18
B] Around 20
C] Roughly 23 , probably
D] At least, say, 26geek quiz