The classic 5 stages pipeline CPU, each stage can be viewed a "part" of a CPU<BR><BR>- Instruction Fetch (from memory) <BR>- Instruction Decode<BR>- Execute (ALU)<BR>- Access<BR>- Writeback (To memory ...

If you own a modern computer, it is probably several times faster than the one that landed the first lunar module on the moon. Modern personal computers consist of many components that work together ...

This is the third installment in our CPU design series. In Part 1, we covered computer architecture and how a processor works at a high level. Part 2 explored the design and implementation of ...

Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwise enclosed basement window with a broken ...

Microsoft's CPU Groups tool lets you group CPU resources, cap resource consumption, and bind individual VMs to the group. Here's how. In the first part of this series, I introduced you to the CPU ...

Building a brand-new PC is an expensive endeavor in 2025. Costs for almost all components have gone up. Plus, with games like "Indiana Jones: The Great Circle" requiring ray-tracing hardware, ...

Allocating CPU resources in Hyper-V has always been somewhat simplistic. Through the Hyper-V Manager, administrators are able to allocate virtual processors to individual virtual machines (VMs). The ...