In simple terms, CPU utilization is the current percentage of CPU resources consumed by all programs. If you notice that some programs are using more of your CPU cores and hogging system resources, ...

Sort of out of nowhere, I got a random email from Chris Ramseyer mentioning a conversation he had had where he was in touch with a water cooling company from across the Atlantic. He wanted to know if ...

When we think of increasing performance with existing components, we often think about strategies like overclocking, increasing power limits, and replacing an existing cooling solution. While ...

Chinese chip maker Allwinner makes low-cost processors that are most often found in inexpensive Android tablets. But the company is going after the TV box market with its new Allwinner H8 processor.

In an interview with CRN, Ampere Computing executive Jeff Wittich says channel partners are ‘really important’ to the chip designer’s expanding push against rivals like Intel, which will include a 256 ...

Undervolting your CPU can be a great way to improve its operating temperatures and reduce its power draw, but if your chip is running too hot and heavy most of the time, undervolting can actually ...

Forward-looking: After being beaten by AMD in introducing the first, truly 64-bit instruction set in the x86 CPU world, Intel is now trying to get ahead of its historical competitor by working on a ...

The best mining CPU can sometimes be overlooked compared to ASIC miners and GPUs, but they can be a profitable avenue for getting more crypto. As someone who has professionally mined cryptocurrency in ...