Going as far back as I can recall, CPUs came in packages with pins on the bottom and laid flat on the motherboard. Then for a while, they had contacts along the edge and stood perpendicular to the ...

I don't think they've revealed *THE* problem with their 10nm process, but it seems to essentially be that they are having so many defects on it that they can't make reasonably large chips or chips ...

PragmatIC Semiconductor’s recent announcement about developing a flexible version of the 6502 processor takes tech history buffs on the road to nostalgia. The 8-bit processor and its variants became ...

Everyone has heard that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Well, the central processing unit (CPU) is the powerhouse of the computer. It's the brain, and without a CPU in your computer, ...

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 CPU, or Central Processing Unit, is a key component of your system that enables it to function. Whatever you see on your screen is processed by the CPU. It’s the core of your computer; you can ...