Components

What does a PC cache do? The meaning of a CPU's cache explained.

What does APU mean? AMD's accelerated processing units explained, including Picasso, Raven Ridge and the upcoming Renoir and Dali.

What is the meaning of a core? CPU cores explained.

What is the meaning of PCIe? PCIe 4.0, PCIe 5.0, PCIe 6.0 and older generations explained.

What is the meaning of a GPU? Graphics/video cards explained.

What is the meaning of a motherboard chipset? Intel and AMD PC chipsets explained.

What is the meaning of DRAM? DRAM CPUs and GPUs explained.

What is the meaning of a CPU socket? Intel and CPU sockets explained.

Tom’s Hardware defines and explains commonly used terms around PCs, PC components and more.

What is the meaning of HBM, HBM2, HBM2E and HBM3? High bandwidth memory explained.

What is a Max-Q graphics card? Laptops with Nvidia Max-Q GPUs explained.

What is the meaning of a MOSFET. MOSFETs and what they do for your motherboard, PC and power supply explained.

What is an AMD CPU’s CCX? AMD core complexes explained.

What is the meaning of SoC? System on a chip explained.

What is a power supply’s OCP? The meaning of a PSU’s overcurrent protection function and multi-rail vs. single-rail PSUs explained.

What is a power supply’s OPP / OLP? The meaning of a PSU’s overpower / overload protection function explained.

What is the meaning of RAM and how much RAM do you need? RAM, product names, DDR4, DDR5 and SRAM explained.

What is the meaning of an FPGA? FPGAs and the difference between an FPGA, ASIC and GPU explained.

A IEEE Spectrum report said that Google has developed an integrated circuit that can work at cryogenic temperatures to program the qubits in a quantum computer.

What’s the meaning of ECC memory? ECC memory in RAM explained.