Your PC can feel brand new or painfully obsolete, and the difference often has little to do with the processor logo on the ...

A computer is a lot like an ecosystem. When all its components are functioning in a harmonious balance, a PC can whiz along at top speed, crunching calculations, booting games, and performing other ...

The classic 5 stages pipeline CPU, each stage can be viewed a "part" of a CPU<BR><BR>- Instruction Fetch (from memory) <BR>- Instruction Decode<BR>- Execute (ALU)<BR>- Access<BR>- Writeback (To memory ...

Have you ever wondered what those confusing letters and numbers at the end of the CPU mean? Every year, Intel and AMD release new generations of their CPUs with updated specifications and sometimes ...

Building a brand-new PC is an expensive endeavor in 2025. Costs for almost all components have gone up. Plus, with games like "Indiana Jones: The Great Circle" requiring ray-tracing hardware, ...

Modern technology means that computers are becoming ever more powerful while components shrink in size. Although this is great for users using these machines for intensive gaming or rendering ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Jes Burns, was originally published by OPB. A honey ...

It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner. The small UK company was famous for winning a contract with the British Broadcasting ...

Even if you use one of the best CPUs, you may looking for an extra bit of power. The best way to do this is by overclocking your processor, but if want to bring down noise levels, or simply increase ...