Every computing device from simple toys to large business systems have an essential component called the central processing unit. The CPU performs calculations, makes logical comparisons and moves ...

Today we’re going to build the ticking heart of every computer. Take the 2017 PBS Digital Studios Survey: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017. Today we’re going ...

The term bottleneck in a computer is derived from the physical object it references and the phenomenon of slowness it creates.

We’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased. So now that we’ve built and programmed our very own CPU, we’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds ...

Unhackable computer? Do they exist? A CPU is mostly considered as "the brain" of the computer, just like the brains of human beings, as they are responsible for both receiving and executing commands.

The ability in Linux to bind one or more processes to one or more processors, called CPU affinity, is a long-requested feature. The idea is to say “always run this process on processor one” or “run ...

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 ...