Technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (graphics processing units) computer cluster that will process research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently ...

So, you’ve heard about quantum computers, right? They sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but they’re becoming more ...

IPU n. Short for intelligence processing unit, a new kind of computer chip optimized for AI. Way back in the early 2000s, when the first Xbox came out, researchers discovered they could hack ...

Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the heart and brain of every computer. Every single operation that you do with your computer is processed in CPU. The performance of your computer is based on its ...

Existing processors in PCs, smartphones and other devices can be supercharged for enormous power and efficiency gains using a new parallel processing software framework designed to eliminate ...

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 ...

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is the brain of a computer because it handles all the tasks that a user performs on his/her computer. All the arithmetic and logical calculations required to ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to the ...