Silicon transistors—critical microprocessor components that switch between 1 and 0 bits to carry out computations—have carried the computer industry for decades. As predicted by Moore's Law, industry ...

A microprocessor is a complex, programmable integrated circuit (IC) on a single chip that can execute instructions. This generally includes CPUs found in computers but also refers to the ...

IDC on Thursday said the worldwide PC microprocessor industry experienced sluggish growth in the fourth quarter of 2010, and offered a conservative forecast for the industry in 2011 due to delays to ...

One of the most important things to check for before building a PC is compatibility across the various components that you will be including in the rig. A mismatch between any two crucial components ...

The CPU contains a clock which, along with the CU, is used to coordinate all of the computer's components. The clock sends out a regular electrical pulse which synchronises (keeps in time) all the ...

Forty years ago today, electronics and semiconductor trade newspaper Electronic News ran an advertisement for a new kind of chip. The Intel 4004, a $60 chip in a 16-pin dual in-line package, was an ...

(Nanowerk News) After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing challenges, MIT researchers have built a modern microprocessor from carbon nanotube transistors, which are widely seen as a ...