I'm sure most of you already know that modern CPUs run hot out of the box. In recent years, both Intel and AMD have pushed their chips closer to their thermal and power limits than ever before. That's ...

We all know about maximum temps for a CPU, but what about minimum? This type of info is usually not listed at places like Intel Ark, but I got a number for one of my CPUs here of 0C: Is that real, ...

The development of caches and caching is one of the most significant events in the history of computing. Virtually every modern CPU core from ultra-low power chips like the ARM Cortex-A5 to the ...

Once upon a time, not overclocking your CPU meant you were missing out on a major free performance boost. A smidge of manual tweaking and a bigger cooler would have yielded you a significantly faster ...