Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Intel Monday officially launched Penryn-based dual-core processors for notebooks, but also indicated that users expecting quad-core mobile processors may have to wait until issues surrounding power ...

Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

PC vendors are launching more and more computers with dual- and quad-core processors, promising users that the expensive machines can juggle more applications at work or play better games at home. But ...

Chinese state-owned consumer electronics company Tongfang has joined hands with chipmaker Loongson, UOS developer Tongxin, and CLP Technology to achieve a new leap in the performance of the Tongfang ...

Amazon has today unveiled its new third-generation tablet called the Kindle Fire HDX. Like its predecessors, the device is available in 7-inch and 8.9-inch variants, and both feature speedy quad-core ...

I am but a newbie when it comes to hardware and would love to learn about multiprocessors from the greats! What I know of quad core (or any processor for that matter) is limited, but if anyone could ...

The Core 2 Quad is just one of three additional Intel quad-core processors to hit the market today. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This makes a total of nine ...

Acer on Monday started shipping desktops that are among the first PCs available with Intel’s third-generaton Core processors, code-named Ivy Bridge. Acer’s new desktops have quad-core Core i5 and i7 ...