Terms starting with T

8 terms in Hardware

  • TDP

    Hardware › Power & cooling

    TDP (thermal design power) is the sustained heat output a cooling system must dissipate for a processor, a design target rather than…

  • Tensor core

    Hardware › Graphics

    A tensor core is a specialized GPU unit that performs small matrix multiply-accumulate operations at low precision, accelerating AI and graphics upscaling.

  • Thermal throttling

    Hardware › Power & cooling

    Thermal throttling is the automatic reduction of a chip's clock speed and power when it nears its temperature limit, protecting hardware at…

  • Thunderbolt

    Hardware › Connectivity

    Thunderbolt is a high-speed wired connectivity standard over USB-C that carries PCIe data, DisplayPort video, USB and power through a single cable.

  • TLC

    Hardware › Storage

    TLC, or triple-level cell, is a NAND flash design that stores three bits per memory cell and is the most common choice…

  • Touchpad

    Hardware › Peripherals

    A touchpad is a pointing device that senses finger position through capacitance and turns movement, taps and gestures into cursor control on…

  • TPM

    Hardware › Motherboards

    TPM is a motherboard security chip or firmware module that stores keys, measures boot code and proves platform integrity to the operating…

  • Transistor

    Hardware › Semiconductors

    A transistor is a semiconductor device in which a small voltage or current controls a larger current, acting as the switch and…