Most consumer PCs are designed for a single Intel or AMD processor, and dual CPU setups are primarily found in servers designed for heavy workloads. This is because these days, most standard CPUs have ...

I'm considering buying a server board that has two CPU sockets, but I don't want to afford both CPUs right now. Is that a problem? Can I just add in the other CPU later like adding extra memory DIMMs?

Back in the day, I once bought a dual socket motherboard and a single CPU for it. I never did get around to buying another CPU to populate that empty socket. By the time I was thinking of doing so, it ...

Maybe you splurged on a decked-out motherboard for your AMD or Intel build with a model that's chock full of bells and whistles, as well as copious overclocking potential. That's all well and good, ...

But the new dual-chipset motherboard was teased during the recent MSI Insider live stream, the company teased an AMD X670 chipset design that was not only passively cooled but rocked a dual-chipset ...

AMD has announced the Athlon MP, a version of the Palomino processor core ready for dual CPU systems. Dual CPU configurations are common to the demanding server or workstation markets but can also ...

Several manufacturers took advantage of the Computex 2002 exhibition, held here this week, to show off new motherboards, some of which are ready for production as new processors become available, and ...

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 ...