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  Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut

  A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave.

  By Marc Ferranti and Joab Jackson | 17 May, 2013 21:17

  Tags: Tableau, business issues, applications, IDC, Marketo, Components, software, processors, business intelligence, Apple

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  Desktop chips zip past 4GHz; next stop 5GHz?

  Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 May, 2013 19:33

  Tags: hardware, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, AMD, hardware systems, Components, processors, mobile, intel

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  Nvidia says Tegra 4 devices will be announced this quarter

  The first mobile devices to use Nvidia's Tegra 4 chips will be announced this quarter, meaning smartphones and tablets based on the new processor should be available soon.

  By Agam Shah | 09 May, 2013 22:28

  Tags: Components, nvidia, processors

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  Galaxy S4's U.S. version needs added image processor for eye-tracking

  Samsung has built several different Galaxy S4 smartphones, including a U.S. version running a Snapdragon processor that requires an extra image processor to enable heavily promoted user functions such as eye-movement recognition.

  By Matt Hamblen | 09 May, 2013 19:37

  Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking, iSuppli, wireless, smartphones, Components, IHS, processors, mobile, Fujitsu, IHS iSuppli, consumer electronics

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  New boot firmware a step toward 64-bit Windows RT

  A standards organisation has created a boot environment for tablets and PCs that could potentially run a 64-bit version of Windows RT.

  By Agam Shah | 08 May, 2013 20:54

  Tags: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum, hardware systems, tablets, Components, processors

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  How to get more from a quad-core PC

  QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use the processor more effectively and allocate different processes to the individual cores?

  By Chris Byers | 13 August, 2010 02:20

  Tags: desktop pcs, quad-core, Components, Windows 7, dual core, PCs & laptops, CPUs, processors, PC Peripherals, notebooks

• Part Three: Building a PC -- installing the CPU

  This article is the third in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part three, click here.

  By Nick Barber | 01 July, 2010 02:08

  Tags: pc components, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Components, processors, intel

• How to: Overclocking for newbies

  Overclocking refers to pushing your computer components harder and faster than the manufacturer designed them to go. The initial pitch is seductive: Buy a slower, lower-cost CPU; juice up the clock speed; and presto! You have a cheap, high-end processor.

  By Loyd Case | 28 June, 2010 23:43

  Tags: pc components, overclocking, overclockers, Components, processors

• Chip Showdown: A guide to the best CPUs on the market

  When you're shopping for a new PC, don't meekly settle for the default processor recommended by the configurator. Picking the right CPU is a personal decision that you shouldn't enter into lightly. And with so many options to choose from, you need to know what you're getting into when you settle on a chip for your system. We've rounded up eight of the leading processors on the market and put them through a battery of rigorous tests to help you shop with confidence.

  By David Murphy | 23 June, 2010 00:06

  Tags: cpu, Components, processors, intel

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  Could be business as usual with Intel's new CEO

  With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in strategy.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 02 May, 2013 20:17

  Tags: management, IT industry, Networking, Components, processors, intel

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  With Intel's Otellini out next month, no CEO replacement yet

  Just a month before Paul Otellini steps down as CEO of Intel, the company does not yet have a replacement.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 April, 2013 22:35

  Tags: hardware, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Components, processors, intel, PCs

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  Oracle takes apparent step toward standardizing on a single chip design

  Oracle's unveiling of a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors marked what some analysts think is a step toward an expected standardizing of the vendor's two families of Unix servers onto a single chip architecture.

  By James Niccolai | 08 April, 2013 10:08

  Tags: hardware, servers, Sun Microsystems, hardware systems, Components, processors, Fujitsu, Oracle

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  The pros and cons of an Apple-Intel divorce

  There's no need for an OS X-iOS merger, but Apple could ditch Intel in its Macs -- or adopt Intel in the iPhone and iPad

  By Tom R. Halfhill | 22 January, 2013 14:37

  Tags: ios, Mac OS X, The Industry Standard, Components, software, processors, operating systems, intel, Apple, computer hardware, mobile technology, Arm

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  The pros and cons of an Apple-Intel divorce

  There's no need for an OS X-iOS merger, but Apple could ditch Intel in its Macs -- or adopt Intel in the iPhone and iPad

  By Tom R. Halfhill | 22 January, 2013 14:37

  Tags: ios, Mac OS X, The Industry Standard, Components, software, processors, operating systems, intel, Apple, computer hardware, mobile technology, Arm

Whitepapers about processors

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  Sun Blade 6000 Modular System: Power and Cooling Efficiency

  Most IT organizations are struggling with the need to deploy ever more applications in the fixed space, power, and cooling envelope of their data centers, the ability to save even a hundred watts per system quickly turns into more breathing room for future applications and the servers to run them. Read on.