Picking up a second-hand processor could save you a lot of money, yet there are also pitfalls to avoid.

Take a tour inside of your desktop PC to learn how all the hardware in a traditional desktop PC connects to create a complete computer system like the one you may be using right now. Here are some ...

Intel versus AMD used to feel like an easy call, but building a PC nowadays means looking past old assumptions and comparing what each brand does best.

The PC processor industry is on the cusp of a major transition. We’re seeing the rise of what I’d call the “productivity processor,” with chips specifically designed for the work-obsessed, ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's Arm-based N1X processor faces critical hardware design flaws, delaying its launch to 2026. The company is redesigning the silicon structure, impacting production timelines. The N1X ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's Arm-based AI PC processor, developed with MediaTek and fabbed by TSMC, is expected to deliver performance comparable to GeForce RTX 5070 and 5080 GPUs. Although not unveiled at CES ...

The MINISFORUM MS-A2 is a small, but powerful little desktop computer that launched in 2025 with support for up to an AMD Ryzen9 9955HX “Fire Range” processor, a PCIe slot tha ...

Most major PC makers have released laptops with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors in the last half year or so. But so far we haven’t seen any desktop computers with the chips unless you count the ...

Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for ...

In the early 1980s, there was the IBM PC, with its 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor. It was an unexpected hit for the company, and within a few years there were a host of competitors. Every ...