Intel's new Core Ultra 200HX Plus Series mobile chips bring FPS gains to high-end gaming laptops with in-house performance-boosting "IBOT" tech.

New Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and 7 270HX Plus processors promise up to 8% faster gaming, quicker interconnect speeds, and next-gen features such as Thunderbolt 5 and Wi-Fi 7. Expect them in new laptops ...

Intel doesn’t have a next-generation upgrade available for desktops yet, but it is shoring up its desktop lineup with a pair ...

Nvidia and AMD are seeing huge demand for CPUs and Jensen Huang is poised to unveil details for processors specialized for agentic AI at the GTC conference.

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For a while, it was thought that generic central processing units had little role to play in the artificial intelligence revolution, but Nvidia Corp. begs to differ. At its GTC 2026 developer ...

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Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for ...

Delidding a CPU is the process of removing its integrated heat spreader, or IHS. This is quite a drastic procedure and runs the risk of damaging or even breaking your processor. But — and it’s a big ...

It's normal for CPU usage to spike on your Windows computer when you're gaming or running resource-intensive programs. However, if you notice this happening even during basic tasks like browsing the ...

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