There's Intel and AMD on the x86 side, with Apple and Qualcomm making Arm-based processors on the other. We break down the advantages and drawbacks of each to help you pick the right chip for your ...

The laptops hitting store shelves in 2022 will have a lot of cores. Intel’s 12 th-gen Core processors for mobile, revealed at CES 2022 and starting to hit the streets now, pack up to 14 cores, and the ...

When Intel ushered in its 12th generation Alder Lake laptop and desktop hybrid processors three years ago, it set in motion a process that would redefine how a CPU is designed and also how it works ...

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A few months ago, AMD introduced a new numbering system for its upcoming laptop processor refresh. The schema is, as we wrote at the time, simultaneously less and more confusing than one that simply ...

Laptops can get hot, especially when performing demanding tasks like 3D rendering, gaming, and video editing. That's because the hardware underneath — like the CPU and GPU — generates a lot of heat ...

Intel’s next-generation mobile processor, “Panther Lake,” builds incrementally on the excellent “Lunar Lake” chip populating laptops right now. But there’s something odd afoot: a “16-core, 12 Xe ...

Laptops are popular for a variety of reasons, including their convenience and portability. However, that convenience comes at a price. If you want to upgrade an individual component of your laptop, ...

Curious about the brain of your computer? The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is crucial as it defines your computer’s capabilities and how efficiently it can run software applications. Here’s how you ...

In November 2020, Microsoft unveiled Pluton, a security processor that the company designed to thwart some of the most sophisticated types of hack attacks. On Tuesday, AMD said it would integrate the ...