We rundown the biggest flops in the PC processor world, from the Cyrix 6x86 to AMD Bulldozer and Intel Pentium 4.

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

Following reports of serious boot issues on systems using the AM5 socket, ASRock has officially confirmed the release of a BIOS update aimed at fixing startup problems affecting its 600 and 800 series ...

Oppo's Find X9 series consists of two smartphones - the Find X9 and the Find X9 Pro. A recent rumor claimed that Oppo would expand the Find X9 lineup with the launch of the Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra ...

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of mobile phone chips, said it’s extending a push into the market for processors that are the heart of personal computers. Its new X2 Plus processor is a scaled-back ...

CPU manufacturers must address issues that arise with processors already on the market, especially the errors that are discovered over time. To handle this, Intel has released a new version of ...

Oppo has confirmed that the Find X9 series will launch in October in China. The pre-orders are live and the company is busy teasing the key features of the Find X9 and X9 Pro. In a recent Weibo post, ...

Bottom line: Chipmakers typically use microcode updates to fix bugs and improve CPU reliability. However, this low-level layer between hardware and machine code can also serve as a stealthy attack ...

Intel has confirmed that it's about to issue another microcode update for its 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs, meaning you'll need to update your motherboard BIOS again. As with the raft of ...

TL;DR: AMD has identified a security flaw, "EntrySign," affecting Zen 1 to Zen 5 CPUs, allowing attackers kernel-level access by bypassing microcode signature verification. A fix has been issued via ...

To check computer speed boost clocks, use CPU-Z (Windows) or Intel Power Gadget (Mac). This article explains how to check the base clock speed and computer speed boost clocks on Windows and Mac ...