The performance of a business computer at everyday tasks largely depends on two factors: its processor speed and the amount of memory it has. The processor's speed comes from its clock, a timing ...

Chip designers working on advanced nodes typically include a fabric of sensors spread across the die for a number of very specific reasons. In this, the second of a three-part blog series, we explore ...

As Ebay wisely notes in its buying guide, "the CPU will limit how fast anything can occur in the system." That's an important fact to remember when choosing a processor for your computer. Although ...

What affects a computer’s performance? Overall, the performance of a computer is dependent on how well it works together as a whole. Continually upgrading one part of the computer while leaving ...

This all applies to GPUs as well. The architecture, which includes things like memory bandwidth or cache hierarchy, impacts gaming way more than how high the component's clock speed is. A GPU with a ...

There is little question that big data has broken through, not only to the enterprise IT agenda, but also to the public imagination. Barely a day passes without mention of new capabilities for mining ...