When it comes to programming, most of us write code at a level of abstraction that could be for a computer from the 1960s. Input comes in, you process it, and you produce output. Sure, a call to ...

Once upon a time, not overclocking your CPU meant you were missing out on a major free performance boost. A smidge of manual tweaking and a bigger cooler would have yielded you a significantly faster ...

I'm sure most of you already know that modern CPUs run hot out of the box. In recent years, both Intel and AMD have pushed their chips closer to their thermal and power limits than ever before. That's ...

This post sponsored by Texas Instruments. Choosing processors can be a difficult task. There are so many good processors, but there is also a great deal of hype to sift through. It can be difficult to ...

“To operate efficiently across a wide range of workloads with varying power requirements, a modern processor applies different current management mechanisms, which briefly throttle instruction ...

Does anybody know how efficient, in terms of Instructions Per Clockcycle, modern CPUs are? I think a few years ago, the Alpha was king, being able to execute 3-4 per cycle. At that time, if I remember ...