CPUs

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  Beyond smartphones, Samsung wants its Exynos 9 chip in VR headsets

  In a room cordoned off from the Mobile World Congress audience, Samsung was showing off untethered headsets that operates independent of smartphones.

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  AMD reveals another edge for Ryzen vs. Intel's Skylake: It will be smaller

  AMD's Ryzen stand out: It will be about 10 percent smaller than Intel's Skylake and have a quad-core version.

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  Extreme Edition inbound: Intel support site leaks Core i7-6950X Broadwell-E info

  Broadwell-E—and its rumored 10-core CPU—pops up on Intel’s support website.

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  Intel's fastest 22-core Broadwell chip comes to new servers

  Every time Intel announces new Xeon chips, server makers waste no time in announcing new products.

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  Quantum computing is now a big step closer thanks to Australian breakthrough

  Quantum computing is now within closer reach thanks to a major breakthrough in which scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a key building block can be assembled.

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  What's the difference between an Intel Core i3, i5 and i7?

  Over a half-dozen generations of Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have come and gone but most consumers are still asking the same kinds of questions. What's the difference and is it worth paying for a CPU with more cores or a faster clock-spe...

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  ​RyzenMaster and HPET can make your Ryzen computer run slower

  AMD told us with its review sample that running the RyzenMaster overclocking and monitoring app while performing tests can make the test run slower (thereby proving a Quantum Theory) and they are correct.

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  ​Which CPU is best: Intel or AMD Ryzen?

  AMD has been very excited about its new Ryzen processor which we were told offers 8 cores, superior performance and all at a superior price to Intel. We were hoping these claims were true as the lack of competition in this space has seen technology j...

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  How to get more from a quad-core PC

  QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use the processor more effectively and allocate different processes to the individual cores?

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  What is the difference between Intel Core i3, i5 and i7?

  Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for a few years now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their own systems and are forced to choose among the three. With the more recent 7th Generation (Kaby Lake...

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  2015 laptop buying guide: the sound of silence

  A few things have changed since the last time we completed a feature article on what to look for when buying a laptop, but the main thing we want to highlight for this particular article is processing technology. Intel has come along and redefined th...

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  A guide to Intel's Core processor family

  For many of us computer users, a PC's CPU – or central processing unit – is an unseen device that we know little about. We’re bamboozled by numbers and frequencies ('gigahertz' or GHz) that do little to assist in our understanding of why one computer...

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  What's in a smartphone processor? Increasingly a lot

  Whenever a hot new smartphone hits the market, one of the key specifications techies look at is its processor, which is primarily responsible for running the device's main computing functions and applications.

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  The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)

  In honor of Towel Day, and the Glorious 25th of May, here are ten of our most favorite hacks featured in Geek Tech in the last five months, running the gambit from phone, car, and CPU mods. Read on for some great moments in geek!

Whitepapers about CPUs

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  Unlocking the Power of Flash

  Continuous data growth coupled with a new generation of multi-core CPUs has placed new demands on storage systems. This whitepaper details why firms should consider moving from HDDs to higher-performance Flash media, with the adoption of new technology with a higher I/O intensity.