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Arm enters the chip business with its AGI CPU for AI data centers, claiming 2x performance versus x86. The historic pivot ...

In the initial wave of the AI boom, the CPU was largely forgotten as companies spent wildly on GPUs from Nvidia. Back then, ...

The CPU (Central Processing Unit, or simply “processor”) is arguably the most important component in a computer, perhaps only second to the GPU if you’re a gamer. However, upgrading to the best ...

For Jim Scherrer, founder and president of the Compuseum, the 6502 microprocessor chip made Montgomery County’s MOS Technology the “vanguard of personal computing.” The 6502 chip was created by MOS ...

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...