What's a CPU made of? What's the difference between a CPU and a GPU? Read our layman's overview of the central processing unit, or CPU.

When you're comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents ...

An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...

ARM is the top CPU designer for smartphones, Intel is the big name in PCs. What's the difference? Find out in this Arm vs x86 comparison!

x86, the mainstream instruction set architecture for PC CPUs, originated from the Intel 8086 processor and has been in use for 46 years. Technology blog Hackaday claims that x86 will be extinct in ...

The chip contract manufacturer Globalfoundries wants to expand its own IP portfolio. A purchase of MIPS Technologies is ...

“AheadComputing is doing the biggest, baddest CPU in the world,” said Debbie Marr, the company’s CEO. A CPU is a central processing unit, the brain inside a computer. Intel has dominated the CPU ...

Programs are compiled into a set of low-level instructions called assembly language as part of an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). This is the set of instructions that the CPU is built to ...

GlobalFoundries has acquired chip design firm MIPS, creating a company that both designs and creates semiconductors.

Design and understanding of the computer system as a whole unit. Performance Evaluation and its role in computer system design; Instruction Set Architecture design, Datapath design and optimizations ...