CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2021: Intel and AMD Processors Ranked By Paul Alcorn 27 November 2021 All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 10th Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 3 and Threadripper 3000.
What Is a CPU Socket? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 29 July 2021 What is the meaning of a CPU socket? Intel and CPU sockets explained.
What Is an AMD CCX? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 14 September 2019 What is an AMD CPU’s CCX? AMD core complexes explained.
What Is an APU? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 11 September 2019 What does APU mean? AMD's accelerated processing units explained, including Picasso, Raven Ridge and the upcoming Renoir and Dali.
What Is an FPGA? A Basic Definition By Arne Verheyde 05 April 2019 What is the meaning of an FPGA? FPGAs and the difference between an FPGA, ASIC and GPU explained.
Kaby, Coffee, Whiskey, Comet? Decoding Intel’s “Lake” Architectures By Joe Shields 14 March 2019 Intel has released several iterations of architectures with Lake in the name the past few years. We'll decipher them at a high level and clear up confusion.
What Is a CPU's IHS? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 06 March 2019 What is the meaning of IHS? Integrated heat spreaders explained.
What Is CPU Delidding? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 06 March 2019 What is the meaning of delidding? CPU delidding explained.
What Is Binning? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 31 October 2018 What is the meaning of binning? CPU, GPU and RAM binning explained.
What Is a CPU's IPC? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 24 August 2018 What is the meaning of a CPU's IPC? Instruction per cycle/clock explained.
What Is a CPU's Clock Speed? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 24 August 2018 What is the meaning of clock speed? PC clock speed explained.
What Is a CPU Core? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 23 August 2018 What is the meaning of a core? CPU cores explained.
What Is a PC Cache? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 23 August 2018 What does a PC cache do? The meaning of a CPU's cache explained.
What Is Hyper-Threading? A Basic Definition By Scharon Harding 23 August 2018 What is the meaning of Hyper-Threading? Intel Hyper-Threading explained.
Intel CPU Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton 15 May 2017 We list all currently available Intel processors, separated by CPU product line (e.g. Core i5), and divided by generation (e.g. Kaby Lake).
AMD Processor Price List By Michael Justin Allen Sexton 14 May 2017 We list all currently available AMD processors, separated by socket (e.g. AM4), and divided by APU & CPU product lines (e.g. A8 & Ryzen 5).
Part 1: DirectX 11 Gaming And Multi-Core CPU Scaling By Chris Angelini 21 October 2016 We test five theoretical Intel CPUs in 10 different DirectX 11-based games to determine what impact core count has on performance.
CPU Overclocking Guide: How (and Why) to Tweak Your Processor By Gene Fabron 14 July 2016 Learn the pros and cons of overclocking your CPU, the physics behind changing your clock rate and the basics of overclocking an Intel or AMD processor.
Measurement Science: Taking Accurate IR Thermal Readings By Igor Wallossek 02 March 2016 If you thought that buying and unpacking an expensive infrared camera was all that it took to perform professional-level measurements, then it's time for a little lesson. We’ll share some of the knowledge that goes into generating accurate results.
ARM Cortex-A72 Architecture Deep Dive By Matt Humrick 11 January 2016 ARM's Cortex-A72 CPU adds power and performance optimizations to the previous A57 design. Here's an in-depth look at the changes to each stage in the pipeline, from better branch prediction to next-gen execution units.
