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Intel Corp. will build glass into its most advanced processors to make them faster and more power-efficient. The chipmaker detailed the plan today ahead of its annual Intel Innovation event, which is ...

HP is bringing out two new CPU upgrade options for its Pavilion dv2 laptop. The dv2 has a 12 inch display and weighs less than 4 pounds, making it a bit bigger and heavier than most netbooks. But the ...

When I first got into PC gaming, I used to take CPU boost clocks at face value and even prioritized them over base clocks. Seeing my old Ryzen 9 5900X advertised as "up to 4.8GHz" made me believe that ...

The first commercial microprocessor, Intel's 4004, debuted in 1971 with 2,300 transistors, a 108-kHz system clock and a 4-bit bus. Since then, chip architects have increased the computational ...

AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D has been popping up in more leaks, and we are now hearing that the next-gen 3D V-Cache CPU could offer a considerable boost in clock speeds compared to its predecessor, and that it ...

In some cases, switching the processor performance setting in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences to "Highest" rather than "Automatic" can result in an unexpectedly dramatic speed boost for ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Xtensa-V configurable processor from Tensilica Inc. has received support from Virtex-II FPGAs from Xilinx. Xtensa processor emulations can run at speeds closer to actual system ...