From the CPU’s perspective, a thread (short for “thread of execution”), is merely an ordered sequence of instructions that tell the computer what to do. In most of my articles on Ars and in my book, I ...

AMD is gearing up for the unleashing of its next-gen Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series "Storm Peak" CPUs, with another tease at the monster everything-crunching Zen 4 processors. The new Ryzen ...

AMD announced some third-generation Ryzen processors for both laptops and desktops at CES. To date, the highest-end model announced is an eight-core, 16-thread CPU with PCIe 4.0 support, codenamed ...

AMD has released the final CPU in its 2017 rampage, which completes the Threadripper range with the 8-core, 16-thread Threadripper 1900X. The CPU is slated to retail for $549, which is $49 more than ...

Yes, it’s that good. But before you buy, there’s a lot you need to know about what is arguably the most powerful consumer CPU ever unleashed upon mankind. Each Zen core complex is made up of four ...

AMD did do some in-house overclocking of its new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor during its announcement, but now the 96-core, 192-thread HEDT CPU has been overclocked by "SAMPSON," the same ...

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Over the past several generations of Xeon processors, Intel has slowly added to their maximum core count, usually not by too much. With the latest generation of Xeon Purley Skylake processors, the ...

Page 2: CPU Scaling Tests: 1080p (Continued), 1440p Game Testing Page 3: CPU Scaling At 4K, Conclusions And Our Recommendations For A Balanced Gaming PC Back in The Day, figuring out which PC ...