Existing processors in PCs, smartphones and other devices can be supercharged for enormous power and efficiency gains using a new parallel processing software framework designed to eliminate ...

Raw computer processing power—known within the industry as “compute”—is quickly becoming the bottleneck in global AI development, and China has taken note. Since February, I’ve run an AI analytics ...

You might call it the brains of the operation.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As expensive as it may be to buy or upgrade a PC right now — what with the costs of GPUs, SSDs, and memory increasing in the wake of the AI ...

Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for ...

Why this new architecture was the best thing at CES 2026. What is a dataflow architecture? Why Efficient Computer’s Electron E1 processor design is so radical. How the Electron E1 is able to be so ...

Everyone has heard that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Well, the central processing unit (CPU) is the powerhouse of the computer. It's the brain, and without a CPU in your computer, ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

Raw computer processing power—known within the industry as “compute”—is quickly becoming the bottleneck in global AI development, and China has taken note. Rather than continue spending through the ...