A computer is a lot like an ecosystem. When all its components are functioning in a harmonious balance, a PC can whiz along at top speed, crunching calculations, booting games, and performing other ...

There’s one thing that will strike fear into the heart of any PC gamer: a CPU bottleneck. It’s unimaginable that you wouldn’t get the full power of your GPU when playing games, which is often the most ...

My dad has a PIII @666. For some reason (not overclocking) it runs equivilant to a 1.4 Ghz P4. But graphics are aweful. He's running an old Voodoo 4000 with 16mb. He just wants to upgrade graphics ...

Why do we complain about hardware bottlenecks when the software isn't written to take full advantage of all the cores and oomph hardware has? Why is it always the fault of the hardware and not the ...

Matching compatible PC components such as a motherboard and processor is crucial as you'll encounter instability issues or ...

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 ...

RISC-V chip startup AheadComputing has raised $21.5 million in a seed funding round. Led by Eclipse and with participation from Maverick Capital, Fundomo, EPIQ Capital Group, and Tenstorrent CEO Jim ...

Wild Hearts will be receiving a patch next week to address CPU bottlenecking on "mid to high-end" CPUs, according to a statement from developer Omega Force. Although Wild Hearts will be officially ...

When working with big computer data, the information can run into a bottleneck, and moving data from storage to processing takes too long. UC San Diego’s professor of computer science and engineering ...