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What Unified Memory Actually Changes for a Laptop
Unified memory is not just RAM with a new name. It removes a copy step that shaped how laptops were built for decades, and it is different from the old integrated graphics people remember. Here is what it genuinely changes, and where the limits are.
Ahmad J · Aug 12, 2026 · 4 min read

Mixture-of-Experts Models: How They Work and Why They Cut Inference Costs
MoE models activate only a fraction of their parameters per token: DeepSeek-V3 fires 37B of 671B, delivering large-model quality at small-model compute cost. How routers, experts, and load balancing actually work, and where the savings are and are not real. With an interactive dense-vs-MoE view.
Ahmad J · Aug 6, 2026 · 10 min read

RISC-V vs ARM vs x86: The Honest Comparison
RISC-V vs ARM vs x86: the ISA does not decide speed, chip design does. Licensing splits them: x86 is closed, ARM is licensed for a fee, RISC-V is open.
Ahmad J · Jul 29, 2026 · 10 min read