Forgive my ignorance, but how does a processor's multiplier work? That is, would a 1.6GHz Northwood-A (400MHz FSB) processor have a multiplier of 16 due to the fact that 16 X 100 (MHz FSB) = 1600 MHz?

SAN JOSE, Calif.–Intel Corp. today described a new multitasking technology, called Hyper-Threading, which is designed to increase system performance 30% by enabling a processor to handle data ...

At some point, everyone learns that a CPU has a variable number of cores inside, and that number influences its performance. The next natural impulse is to find out how many cores your CPU has. The ...

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LONDON Icera Inc., a startup formerly known as Icera Semiconductor Ltd. that is working on a processor for third generation wireless communications, has claimed it is also working on wireless ...