SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Developers, analysts and the media have descended this week upon sunny San Jose, Calif., for Intel’s biannual review of its products and partnerships. And Advanced Micro Devices ...

Armed with definitive benchmarks, we answer the burning question: Can Intel’s souped-up Xeon match the Opteron in the 64-bit x86 performance? To paraphrase Benjamin Disraeli, there are lies, damn lies ...

One of the oldest ideas in humanity – and one that may have predated language as we know it – is that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Another adage is that he who has the gold makes the rules, and ...

Have you ever wondered what's actually running inside your computer before your operating system even starts? Whilst most people think their CPU is a single processing unit, modern Intel and AMD ...

If you want a CPU that has the floating point performance of a GPU, all you have to do is wait six or so years and the CPU roadmaps can catch up. This seems like a long time to wait, which is why so ...

At its Analyst Day last week, Intel finally gave notice that it would be scrapping the 32-bit limit and launching a 64-bit platform for the new 22nm chip. According to Intel, 64-bit support will ...

In an unusual role reversal, Intel Corp. on Tuesday said the chip giant will follow the path of its much smaller archrival, Advanced Micro Devices, and start selling 64-bit microprocessors for low-end ...

Looks like the competition between AMD and Intel is about to start heating up again. AMD’s upcoming second-best processor, the Ryzen 9 9900X, was just spotted in an early benchmark — and the results ...

In the coming months, you'll be swamped with new laptop processors from AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm. Strix Point, Lunar Lake, x86 vs. Arm, integrated GPUs, NPUs for AI workloads, and on-package memory ...

If you own a Windows 10 PC, now is a good time to consider the question: should I buy something to replace it before support expires this October? And if so, what? For years, the choice between Intel ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Gaming can be a fun hobby, but it isn't necessarily a cheap one, especially if you're a PC gamer. Between modern GPUs with terrible ...