Computer-related introductions in 2012

German National Library authority file for personal names, subject headings and corporate bodies

proprietary computer bus and power connector by Apple Inc.

system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.

Intel processor family

series of video cards

system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.

series of GPUs developed by Nvidia

system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.

codename for a series of microarchitectures and an instruction set

A Chromebox is a small form-factor PC that runs Google's ChromeOS operating system. The first device debuted in May 2012.

data storage technology

small form factor PC designed by Intel

Windows-based personal computers

RDRAND (for "read random") is an instruction for returning random numbers from an Intel on-chip hardware random number generator which has been seeded by an on-chip entropy source. It is also known as Intel Secure Key Technology, codenamed Bull Mountain. Intel introduced the feature around 2012, and AMD added support for the instruction in June 2015. RDRAND is available in Ivy Bridge processors and is part of the Intel 64 and IA-32 instruction set architectures.

digital pen made by Microsoft

thumb|Nokia 808 PureView with a 41-megapixel camera and features a Carl Zeiss AG|Carl Zeiss lens. Nokia PureView is the branding of a combination of technologies used in cameras of Nokia-branded smartphones and previously, in phones by Microsoft Mobile. PureView was first introduced with the Nokia 808 PureView.

range of laptops and tablet computers by Lenovo

Computer-on-Module form factor

The RAD5500 is a radiation-hardened 64-bit processor core design created by BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support based on the PowerPC e5500 designed by IBM and Freescale Semiconductor. Successor of the RAD750, the RAD5500 processor platform is for use in high radiation environments experienced on board satellites and spacecraft.