One often overlooked component of any great gaming PC is the CPU. While shiny new graphics cards get all the attention, the CPU is just as important, as it determines how fast your computer is.

For the first time in more then a decade, AMD looks to have produced a CPU that can match or even beat Intel's best in "instructions per clock." This is a fundamental measure of processor speed, but ...

In a perfect world, you could simply purchase all top-of-the-line parts for your computer. If you have approximately $6,000 to spare for that expense, then that is the best path. Most of us, however, ...

The Power Options utility in Windows contains settings that you can use to tweak your computer's processor speed to reflect the changes in your working environment. For example, it is better to have ...

Existing processors in PCs, smartphones and other devices can be supercharged for enormous power and efficiency gains using a new parallel processing software framework designed to eliminate ...

Almost on any Windows laptop or desktop, the speed at which the CPU runs varies. You should know that the CPU doesn’t run at full speed all the time. It depends on how the OS distributes the load, and ...

ClearSpeed Technology, a provider of low-power chip-based systems, has unveiled the CS301 processor, a multithreaded chip designed to improve performance and reduce power consumption for ...