The two most exciting PC components to upgrade are the graphics card and the processor. We haven’t seen next-gen graphics cards yet, and we’re unlikely to see them this year, but both Intel and AMD ...

Intel has been struggling with a major issue in its 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs for most of this year. Due to a production error, high voltages and temperatures led to crashes for users and ...

Over the past year and especially the last few months, we have gathered a significant amount of new CPU data, much of which we have continued to update with improved BIOS revisions and game updates.

I knew this was coming — I just didn’t expect it to happen quite just yet. It turns out that some of the best processors are on their way toward retirement, because eight-core CPUs are slowly becoming ...

When Intel ushered in its 12th generation Alder Lake laptop and desktop hybrid processors three years ago, it set in motion a process that would redefine how a CPU is designed and also how it works ...

Nearly two years ago, AMD announced its first Ryzen Z1 processors. These were essentially the same silicon that AMD was putting in high-end thin-and-light laptops but tuned specifically for handheld ...

While it would be nice to have a computer that would last forever, the unfortunate truth is that everything becomes old and outdated. This is particularly true with CPUs, especially as technological ...

What just happened? AMD has just launched a range of new CPUs, including several based on its older Zen 4 and Zen 3 architectures. The most notable release is the Ryzen 7 9700F, an 8-core, 16-thread ...

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...

A current processor will no longer be able to compete with the latest models in five years’ time. But with the right choice, you can ensure that your CPU will continue to offer solid performance in ...

Casual and newer users may grossly underestimate how much of a difference heat makes on your computer's resources. Demanding games, video editing, animating, and even virtual machines could force your ...