PC Desktop computers are one of the best platforms to customize, upgrade, and set one's preferences on, as different parts to combine can make one's work or gaming setup fulfill its functions. Two of ...

An important factor to consider when deciding to purchase any laptop computer is the characteristics of the central processing unit, or CPU. Most processors found in consumer-grade notebooks are made ...

I have a 2014 15” MacBook Pro and am idly speculating some of the configs on the new 13” and 16” models. The processor in my 15” is a 2.8 GHz quad-core i7 (the “Haswell” generation). The new 13” can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. In the over two decades that I’ve been covering the PC space, I ...

Intel’s Alder Lake-N processors have proven popular with budget laptop, Chromebook, and mini PC makers since they first debuted nearly two years ago. These chips are basically what you get if you take ...

From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

Intel officially has its AI laptop chips in the race to take on AMD, Nvidia and Qualcomm combined with new, more powerful integrated Intel Arc graphics. I've been reviewing hardware and software, ...

Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices, better known as AMD, have been the only significant producers of central processing units for personal computers since the advent of the PC segment in the 1980s ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

AMD (NYSE:AMD) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) both manufacture and market microprocessors used in servers, desktop PCs, and notebooks. Additionally, AMD manufactures Graphics Processor Units (GPUs), which ...