Operating system patches alone can protect against the nasty Meltdown flaw affecting Intel processors, but fixing Spectre—Meltdown’s nasty sibling, which affects all CPUs—requires firmware updates for ...

The Ryzen hype train has left the station, and to build up its speed, AMD has actually released the source file it used to demonstrate just how fast its upcoming eight-core Summit Ridge CPU is. This ...

To check computer speed boost clocks, use CPU-Z (Windows) or Intel Power Gadget (Mac). This article explains how to check the base clock speed and computer speed boost clocks on Windows and Mac ...

A computer's processor speed is an important consideration when upgrading hardware or migrating to new software. Without a fast enough CPU, programs may run slowly or not at all, which can be ...

There’s a lot of hype around how many cores a device’s CPU (aka Central Processing Unit) has. It’s common to hear people say that more cores equals more processing power, and while that’s technically ...

Greetings-<BR><BR>I was given an older IBM NetVista all-in-one PC. It's got a 15" LCD built in, 160 Gig IDE hard drive, XP, dvd-rw, etc etc etc, 512 mb PC133 ram (I understand it will support up to 1 ...

Can you feel your PC or Mac running hot? We've found the best ways to check processor temps on your Windows PCs and Macs.

"We do not believe this attack to be practical outside of a lab environment," says Intel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new ...

Update: In a statement provided to us, Intel refutes that the vulnerabilities outlined in the research paper are not addressed with existing patches and firmware updates. "Intel reviewed the report ...

In this article, we'll take a look at how L3 cache capacity affects gaming performance. More specifically, we'll be examining AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen processors in a "for science" type of feature.