PC Components

Apple’s new M1 Ultra ‘monster’ chip offers scary performance potential

Apple announced the Apple M1 Ultra chip on Tuesday, doubling the performance of the M1 Max. It looks like the performance of this new chip will be incredible.

AMD’s Threadripper Pro 5000 arrives to crush Xeon—again

AMD's Threadripper Pro 5000 will come in five flavors and be based on the newest Zen 3 cores.

Stolen Nvidia certificates used to hide malware in driver downloads

Nvidia GeForce graphics card owners may be vulnerable to malware if they're not careful with their next GPU driver installation.

Intel’s 12th-gen vPro chips now actively fight ransomware, supply-chain attacks

Intel began shipping its 12th-gen vPro processors for business PCs today. The new chips actively fight ransomware and supply-chain attacks, and offer substantial performance improvements over their predecessors.

New chip standard could pave the way for LEGO-like PCs

A group of top chip companies has developed the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express standard, or UCIe, to help create modular chips that would act like today's PCs but at the chip level.

Sorry Internet, but blank keycaps on keyboards are dumb

Interested in a keyboard with blank keycaps? While they can help with the speed and accuracy of your typing, the negatives may very well outweigh the positives.

Intel’s newest laptop chips power a fresh generation of affordable notebooks

Intel has launched its Alder Lake-P and Alder Lake-U notebook PC processors, part of its 12th-gen Core family. Here's what you need to know about both families of chips.

Tested: 5 key things to know about AMD’s Ryzen 9 6900HS

AMD’s Ryzen 6000 mobile processors have hit the streets. Here are the important things to know about one of the top performers—and what it means for your next laptop purchase.

Intel’s CPU roadmap now extends to 2024’s Lunar Lake

Intel filled in the gaps in its CPU roadmap, extending it through to 2024 with Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake.

Intel’s Arc GPU roadmap promises enthusiast graphics with ‘Battlemage’

Intel has published a graphics roadmap in advance of its investor meeting, promising more details on its Arc GPUs (Alchemist, Battlemage, and Celestial) as well as a commitment to ship 4 million discrete GPUs.