[November 20, 2010] Intel's vPro Technology Secures Laptops
As more workers go mobile, security concerns are a natural by-product. Columnist Vince Freeman looks at ways Intel processor technology is helping address those concerns.[October 19, 2010]
USB 3.0 is ready to provide a new generation of external drives and devices with ten times the performance of USB 2.0, but PCs with USB 3.0 ports are as scarce as hen's teeth. What's holding up the technology, and can Intel really be planning to make us wait till 2012 for chipset support?
[October 15, 2010]
Unfortunately, you'll need a fine-toothed comb to find savings in this installment of the CPU buying guide, with vendors holding the line on both Intel and AMD prices.
[October 5, 2010]
It's nice that buyers are eagerly awaiting Intel's future "Sandy Bridge" and AMD's "Bulldozer" and "Fusion" processors, but the chipmakers would rather be selling product now. Hence a barrage of tempting new CPUs, including some of AMD's best values and some of Intel's fastest processors yet.
[October 1, 2010]
Unfortunately, that three-digit price drop we saw in the last CPU Price Guide did not lead to more of the same in this issue. But a number of more modest price cuts are here to be found, some of which should come as pleasant news to prospective buyers.
[September 21, 2010]
CPU guru Vince Freeman looks under the hood of Intel's next desktop, notebook, and server processor. Will features like an innovative ring interconnect and on-chip video encoder make 2011 the year of Sandy Bridge?
[September 17, 2010]
While most of the processor prices we've been tracking have continued to hold steady, one huge triple-digit drop is there to be found in this week's Intel chart. Whether this will prove to be an isolated drop or a sign of things to come, only time can tell.
[September 7, 2010]
AMD adopts a radical new CPU architecture for 2011, promising 8- and 16-core "Bulldozer" processors with unmatched price/performance. But skeptics are already asking: Are AMD's innovative dual-core modules really just elegant one-and-a-half-core modules?
[August 10, 2010]
Intel's Atom processor dominates the netbook category, but now AMD has unveiled a dual-core challenger. The timing's right, with shoppers looking to bridge the gap between netbooks and notebooks; is the technology right too?
