A CPU, or central processing unit, is a vital part of your computer or phone, and is responsible for executing every command ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a guide to the desktop processors available for purchase right now. For a look at what desktop CPUs will be coming later in 2007, see Beyond Dual Core: 2007 Desktop CPU ...

You can overclock your PC's CPU by increasing the CPU multiplier and voltage, but you need to make sure the computer can ...

With 3D V-cache, 16 Zen 5 cores, and a peak 5.7GHz clock speed, is this the killer CPU of the moment? We run the benchmarks ...

PC freezing, going slow, or running into hitches where it shouldn’t? Even if you have one of the best processors, high CPU usage could be to blame. Unfortunately, if you aren’t too computer savvy, ...

A fair bit has changed in the mobile processor space since we last took a look at the market earlier in the year. New handsets have been released, new benchmarks leaked, and a few brand new SoCs have ...

These days, even average mobile CPUs are powerful enough to rival their desktop cousins in every application other than gaming (and they’re catching up on that front, too). That helps explain why ...