When asked to name the first microprocessor, search engines, and AI models from Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and ChatGPT consistently identify Intel's famous 4004, introduced in early ...

This is what CPU history would look like if it were a multiplayer online game. I've included quite a few references to "gameplay mechanics" which ought to be good for a laugh. If you know your history ...

It seemingly suggested a new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X3D was on the way. If that sounds too good to be true, it's because it was.

To celebrate the 40th birthday of the Intel 4004 -- the first single-chip CPU -- we're going to take a look at the history of Intel's microprocessors. We'll start with the 4004 but quickly move onto ...

I'm running on an iBook G4 1.25.<BR>Anyone have suggestions for:<BR>a. a fix for Panther's CPU Monitor to let it update the Dock icon under Leopard<BR>b. a replacement for CPU/Activity Monitor that ...

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But the drop was especially high for desktop processor shipments, which decreased from last year's Q4 by more than 30%. The drop represents “the worst quarterly desktop CPU shipment decline in history ...

The big picture: Reports continue to roll in, signaling that 2022 was a historically rough year for hardware sales across the tech industry. Throughout the year, PC processor sales saw not one but two ...

The desktop PC market took it on the chin in the first quarter of 2022, as excess inventory and normal seasonal downturns jointly contributed to a steep drop in x86 CPU shipments. The steepest, in ...

Q. I am looking to purchase a new computer, and I notice that many of them come with multiple core processor chips. This has me wondering how many core processor chips I really need in my desktop ...