Compiling got faster, but the real cost was heat and fans.

The first test is 3DMark CPU Profile, which shows how CPU performance scales from one thread to as many threads as it can process. Higher numbers are better. The Titan has twice the cores of the ...

Since China has been somewhat crippled by US sanctions that prevent it from acquiring new PC technology, it's been trying just to DIY the whole thing instead. The company spearheading this initiative ...

One of the first things you get to learn about computers is that any amount of processing produces some amount of heat as a byproduct. It's not unusual for even a well-cooled computer processor to ...

Some methodology changes to be kind of like a few other sites (Tom’s Hardware comes to mind), But methodology changes or otherwise (which you may or may not agree with- I most certainly have mixed ...

With the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D having sat at the pinnacle of the gaming CPU mountain for over a year now, it was about time AMD really shook things up and released a barnstorming new processor to show ...

One of the pillars of good PC custodianship is ensuring all your gear isn't running out of spec, which can cause slowdowns, crashes, and frustration. The chief culprit for something running too hot is ...

As datacenter infrastructures scale and diversify, reliability challenges grow. Beyond CPU silent data corruptions (SDCs), ...

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I've been watching and reading CPU reviews for quite a while. For the past few CPU generations, it seems like reviewers have added several useful workloads (e.g. tile-based rendering and video ...