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.

Everyone has heard that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Well, the central processing unit (CPU) is the powerhouse of the computer. It's the brain, and without a CPU in your computer, ...

Upcoming Ryzen processors could feature particularly power-efficient low-power cores. AMD is already paving the way in Linux.

Senao SX906 PCIe card features up to 38 Intel Xeon cores and 64GB RAM ...

Optimizing any system is a multi-layered problem, but when it involves a processor there are at least three levels to consider. Architects must be capable of thinking across these boundaries because ...

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 ...

As Intel and Advanced Micro Devices roll out quad-core processors, newcomer Azul Systems this week plans to introduce the second generation of its Java appliances that are built on custom-designed ...

Arm Holdings will unveil new plans for processing cores that support 64-bit computing within the next few weeks, and has already shown samples at private viewings, sources close to the company said at ...

Multicore processing boosts performance and energy efficiency in many coding situations. Bare-metal algorithms further enhance these benefits. Many embedded firmware engineers have seemingly not yet ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to ...

Enabling all cores of a processor can improve performance and multi-tasking capabilities, reduce the amount of energy consumed by the system, and improve the overall stability of the device, as the ...