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Windows is making decisions about your CPU that might not be the decisions you would make ...

Intel and AMD dominate the server CPU market, but Nvidia seems to be becoming an influential player in this space.

What do the HP-1000 and the DEC VAX 11/730 have in common with the video games Tempest and Battlezone? More than you might think. All of those machines, along with many others from that time period, ...

The company is now more confident in hitting its near-term CPU target.

Your computer's processor largely determines the value of your system, as the processor shows when your computer was built and how powerful it is. All major operating systems include programs that ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

Running a CPU stress test tool is a great way to break in a new processor, test an overclock, see how capable your cooling is, or just make sure your PC is running as well as it should. There are a ...