The phrase "a device that performed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the function or capability of a device in a technical or explanatory context.
Example: "The invention was a device that performed complex calculations at unprecedented speeds."
Alternatives: "a gadget that executed" or "an apparatus that carried out".
While Chinese manufacturers fought price wars over Android handsets, Apple proved people would pay a premium for a device that performed seamlessly and hosted the best third-party apps.
Arising from an array of small scale analytical techniques, an early biological application of microfluidics was a device that performed PCR, improving upon large-scale methods by decreasing the time of each step.
To achieve this without presuming something about the physics which governs a device that performs the resetting, they explicitly accepted the sound approach to Earman and Norton's Sound vs. Profound dilemma.
Parenthetically, a device that performs at least as well as, and potentially better than, conventional pens may be a good option for any patient who does not tolerate insulin injections by needle or regards these as otherwise uncomfortable.
In the EMIME project, we developed a mobile device that performs personalized speech-to-speech translation such that a user's spoken input in one language is used to produce spoken output in another language, while continuing to sound like the user's voice.
"We developed an entirely new product to provide consumers with a stylish, affordable device that performs exactly as a sophisticated yet easy to use player should".
We report a new two-step microfluidic device that performs efficient, continuous, and high throughput small particle separation.
Building and deploying an energy-efficient infrastructure for computation requires coordination across a large number of disciplines, from the end-user application software to the device that performs the actual computation through layers of virtualization software, operating systems, communication networks, data center architectures, arrays of servers, and others.
A clock is a machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism that records the number of movements.
But, arguably, no other research group has produced a class of devices that perform as well, cover as wide a range of potential applications, and are as close to being ready to use as Rogers's.
RSUC is a group of Fog devices that performs data forwarding operations.
