One component term you may have encountered is “CPU,” which stands for “central processing unit.” CPUs reside in almost all devices you own, whether it’s a smartwatch, a computer ...

A natural CPU pairing remains as Intel's 13th Gen Core i5-13600K or AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X, but I have a selection of alternatives if their prices are a little too lofty for your budget.

Our top pick for the best AMD CPU right now is the Ryzen 9 7950X because of its incredible 16 cores, impressive performance in gaming and productivity, and its relative efficiency compared to the ...

Intel has recently released initial die shots and detailed annotations of its upcoming Intel Core Ultra 200V processor, codenamed Lunar Lake. These images, shared by hardware analysts GeenWens and ...

The entry-level variant seems underpowered but performance for the high-end unit that we reviewed was very good thanks to the 10th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and 256GB NVMe SSD. Windows ran ...