Computer consultants have created entire careers dedicated to the task of determining the best time to upgrade computer hardware or software. When is it time to upgrade my computer hardware…
If you have an old MacBook, odds are good that it is not performing optimally. In some cases, having a poorly performing computer becomes an issue because you can’t complete…
GPU maker Nvidia is acquiring British CPU designer Arm for $40 billion, the company announced Sunday evening. The purchase comes after months of rumors and courting of Arm (and current…
Is there such a thing as a reinforced wallet? This fall is virtually begging for one with how much hardware is heading our way. Now, AMD has announced a pair…
Things are getting hot in the laptop space. Is it time to upgrade our laptops along with our CPUs, GPUs, and game consoles this fall? Intel unveiled its 11th-Gen Tiger…
It’s not hard to remember a time when it seemed like Intel was an unbeatable, immovable giant in computing, with AMD filling in the low end of the spectrum and…
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will build a new fabrication facility in the United States, the company has announced. Rumors slipped out through the Wall Street Journal late last week,…
Hot on the heels of last week’s exposure of an unfixable security vulnerability hard-coded into Intel CPUs, an additional security vulnerability in Intel CPUs has been made public this week….
A little over a month ago, we reported on a speculative execution vulnerability found in Intel CPUs, adding to the growing list of similar vulnerabilities. However, yesterday, a team of…
With how many chips run our many computing and “smart” devices these days, chances are that you own something made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chips that began life at…
Finally, AMD and Intel have some competition. Well, probably not, but this is still worth a look: chipmaker Zhaoxin has rolled out its first consumer-directed CPU according to Anandtech. Zhaoxin…
The discoveries of the last few years concerning speculative execution have not been kind to Intel. The discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities were just the beginning, with even…
Intel has been struggling with a chip shortage since 2018, and the company says the shortage could even outlast 2019 and persist into 2020. Now, the company is looking to…
AMD announced this week a trio of new processors that run the whole gamut from starter chip to high-end beasts. AMD detailed what its 3rd-gen Threadripper will look like, showed…
