The performance of a business computer at everyday tasks largely depends on two factors: its processor speed and the amount of memory it has. The processor's speed comes from its clock, a timing ...

My last blog post concluded that a plethora of new memory performance attributes are becoming available. This is in stark contrast with the traditional image of the memory suppliers as a few large ...

In a perfect world, you could simply purchase all top-of-the-line parts for your computer. If you have approximately $6,000 to spare for that expense, then that is the best path. Most of us, however, ...

When shopping for a new CPU, you're likely to come across many different CPU specifications, such as cores, clock speed, TDP, ...

Creating a new chip architecture is becoming an increasingly complex series of tradeoffs about memories and processing elements, but the benefits are not always obvious when those tradeoffs are being ...

Big Blue reveals its new 7nm Power10 server CPU, which enables servers to share multiple petabytes of memory. ‘Instead of having to put a lot of memory into every box, I could actually plug in a more ...

Samsung claims its new HBM-PIM power-in-memory architecture will more than double system performance and reduce energy consumption by over 70%. A few months back, Samsung and Xilinx co-introduced an ...

Buying a new CPU in 2024 gives you a lot of exciting options. From powerful processors for work and gaming, budget chips that punch well above their weight, and some incredibly efficient options that ...