Standardized, repeatable testing underpins everything we review at PCMag. Here's how we evaluate desktop CPUs, from pure processing trials to gauging a processor's nuanced effects on graphics ...

When it comes to kitchen essentials, the chef’s knife gets all the glory; it’s romantic, precise, even a little dangerous. But if there’s one tool that quietly does the heavy lifting in many ...

For all the noise about neural processing units (NPUs) and the generative AI capabilities of new and upcoming chips, NPUs don’t yet do all that much in terms of day-to-day, bread-and-butter computing.

“GPUs are the best AI processors” is an overstatement of AI hardware’s evolving landscape. GPUs have long processing time and low processing efficiencies, but energy consumption poses constraints. AI ...

Processors, the chips that power our smartphones, can often be overlooked, remembered only by their catchy name. Provided they work, don’t overheat, and incrementally deliver more power and ...

Snapdragon processor naming convictions have become a lot more confusing recently, especially with the Snapdragon 7 series with new sub-variants. To summarize, we have three categories in the ...

Artificial intelligence helps Intel squeeze the most out of the design and manufacturing of its new Meteor Lake processor that arrives Thursday. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Have you ever wondered what those confusing letters and numbers at the end of the CPU mean? Every year, Intel and AMD release new generations of their CPUs with updated specifications and sometimes ...