The advent of the smartphone brought with it a dramatic shift in how people work, communicate, and play. Of course, the primary use of the ‘cellphone’ is still to make and receive phone calls, but our ...

Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively low-cost (~$270) quad-core processor from Intel is a replacement for their long-standing price to ...

Although computers with quad-core processors are typically faster than single-core models, the difference in speed depends on a number of factors. On a very busy system and under ideal conditions, a ...

So, you're in the market for a new computer, and you've come up with some impressive looking specifications, particularly to do with the processor. A friend on your left tells you to get a processor ...

In the race to build a faster smartphone, the ability to tap mobile processors that have multiple cores, much like PC processors, is paramount. The high stakes are pushing multiple companies, ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Chipmaker Via has announced an x86 quad-core processor that draws a very small amount of power. The Via QuadCore processor, announced on Thursday, has a thermal design power (TDP) rating of 27.5W, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Intel is targeting high-end PC users and gamers with a new ...

Intel plans to unveil a version of its Xeon processor on Wednesday that’s designed for high-end servers with multiple processors — setting the stage for a showdown with rival Advanced Micro Devices ...

Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively low-cost quad-core processor from Intel is a replacement for their long-standing price to performance ...