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- CPU
- (Central Processing Unit) The computing part of the computer. Also called the "processor," it is made up of the control unit and ALU. Today, the CPUs of...
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- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
- Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My...
- Tags: Performance, PC, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, Tool, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- CPU Speed Professional (exe)
- CPU Speed Professional is an application that measures the real speed of your Intel or AMD central processor unit (CPU). It features a stunning interface with elegant animations and screen transitions. Click the Test My Speed button and watch as CPU Speed ramps up your computer's processor to full throttle....
- Tags: CPU, Speed, Wizard Software, CPU Speed Professional, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- HARDiNFO 2008 Professional (zip)
- HARDiNFO 2008 is a All-in-one System Information, Diagnostic and Benchmark application designed to be used by Small Business to Large Business and Professionals. HARDiNFO 2008 displays the hardware information in well organized categories with high quality graphical representation of each hardware component for fast and easy understanding. HARDiNFO 2008 is...
- Tags: Enterprise Edition, Information, CPU, Ultimate Systems, HARDiNFO 2008, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)
- Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)Well, as they sayToo much of a good thing can be bad.Hacker computerThey must switch the CPU with a hacked CPU.Geek-tech globs it on.Thermal grease is only there to fill...any gaps due to imperfections in the heat sink and the cpu...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Federal government, Thermal Grease, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., assembler
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac
- Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...
- Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Brain Upgrade Software (exe)
- Revolutionary new software to upgrade your brain using your computer's CPU. Run this software on any standard PC made in the last three years to upgrade your brain. You can select from the amount of your CPU to use to apply towards increased brain speed, and the amount of RAM...
- Tags: Software, Brain, CPU, File Splitter, Tools & Techniques, Processors, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-25
- Reviews of the AMD Phenom X3 8750
- Reviews of the AMD Phenom X3 8750X3 and AMD 780G chipsetOne thing that I want to point this out to anyone is that AMD Phenom X3 can mate pretty well with AMD 780G chipset, when it comes to Hybrid Crossfire technology, as this is good for casual gamers who want...
- Tags: Chipsets, Performance management, Games, AMD Phenom, AMD Phenom X3, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., overclocking, AMD Phenom X3 8750
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- AMD64 CPU Assistant (exe)
- AMD64 CPU Assistant is designed to monitor the temperature of a AMD64 CPU core using the processor's on-die thermal sensor. Besides, the utility is able to monitor the CPU and memory usage, show CPU information, control memory timings and system processes. AMD64 CPU Assistant Lite includes monitoring functionality only. This...
- Tags: CPU, AMD64, Alexey V.Voronin, AMD64 CPU Assistant, AMD64 CPU Assistant Lite, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-18
- My CPU (zip)
- My CPU is a small utility to find out which CPU is installed. It shows vendor, type, model, stepping and speed information. Additionally it scans for features like MMX, 3dnow and SIMD (ISSE). Finally, it is able to read cache information such as the size of the L1-data & -instruction...
- Tags: CPU, Goldfish Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Rumor Mill: What you should be saving up for
- Rumor Mill: What you should be saving up forI'm saving for iPhone SDK based productsWith 100,000 downloads of the iPhone SDK beta in the first week I think that a lot of developers are excited about delivering some interesting apps. Only a small fraction would probably interest me, but...
- Tags: Notebooks, Rumor Mill, Apple MacBook, Apple iPhone, CPU
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization"
- Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization"When they do something interesting...I'm actively following over 100 companies in the virtualization software space. I do my best to post something interesting on all of them from time to time. If you check, I've posted a number of articles on Endeavors Technologies.When...
- Tags: Processors, computing, recent focu, X11, desktop, desktop virtualization, CPU, locality, local machine, network
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- iStat pro (6)
- Stat pro is the ultimate System monitoring widget, consisting of 9 sections which can be minimized, expanded or closed. It features detailed information on CPU, memory, hard drives, IP and external IP, bandwidth, CPU temperature, battery, uptime, temperatures and fans. You'll know exactly what's going on inside your mac. Version...
- Tags: IP, CPU, Temperature, iSlayer, Network Technology, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-04-11
- A "goldmine for Intel" and a treasure trove for Ed Tech
- Tom's hardware just featured a piece on Intel's Atom processor. While this new low-end processor family for UMPCs and mobile Internet devices has already been well-covered by the media, the most interesting piece of the article related to the cost of the chips themselves: Our source...
- Tags: CPU, Intel Corp., Tom, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Processors, Semiconductors, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08
- OK, it's time once again for ... (drum roll please) ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. These components are on...
- Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, CPU, List, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., LGA775, AM2, ASUS Maximus Extreme, Maximus Extreme, DDR3, PSU, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- The Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List - Apr 08/May 08
- The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: kit, components, graphics, ram, cpu, drives, processors, cases, psu, cooling
- Image galleries 2008-03-28
- CPU100 (zip)
- CPU 100 is a program for making your computer's CPU usage go to 100%. I originally designed it so I could see how hot my processor would get at continuous full load. You also might find other uses, such as testing adjustable speed fans. This version is the first release...
- Tags: CPU, Circuitz4u, CPU 100, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-03-19
- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark - XP SP2 vs. Vista SP1
- Is browser performance affected by OS, CPU and the amount of RAM available? A comment made by dfolk in response to my Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 benchmarking post got me back to the lab to do some more benchmarking. Here's the comment that set it off: ...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Quad-core, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, CPU, RAM, Computer, Productivity, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUIntel wants to FAIL???Didn't Intel see how well that strategy worked for AMD?RE: Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPUI think AMD and Intel MCM strategy are different.When intel started their MCM products, they were trying to counter AMD multi products, and they did not have...
- Tags: Processors, photograph, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Shanghai CPU, CPU, Nehalem-EX
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU
- Credit: Fuad Abazovic, Fudzilla Photos of CPU-Z highlighting AMD's 45nm Shanghai quad-core processor appeared on Fudzilla last week. It confirms that AMD's latest processor will have a total of 2 megabytes L2 cache (512 KB...
- Tags: Shanghai, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $305 (software not included)
- A reader set me an email challenge the other day - put together a cheap yet well spec-ed and relatively powerful office PC that's up to the challenge of running Vista. To make the challenge even harder, the whole package (PC, keyboard, mouse, LCD panel and Vista OS) had to...
- Tags: LCD Panel, Mouse, PC, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, LCD, RAM, ASUS M2A-VM, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Mice, Serial ATA, Desktops, Tv & Home Theater, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Storage, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-08
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