The CPU is responsible for the primary logic operations in the computer. It has a hand in everything: mouse clicks, the smoothness of streaming video, responding to your co… See more

Every processor is based on an underlying design called an instruction-set architecture. This blueprint determines how the processor understands computer code. Since softw… See more

Current laptop CPUs are composed of two or more physical cores. A core is essentially a logical brain. All else being equal, more cores are better than fewer, though ther… See more

Okay, a processor with X cores and Y addressable threads can tackle more tasks at a time than the same chip with just X number of cores. But how long does it take to finish on… See more