Curious to see what powers the Nehalem and Core i7 architecture? We reveal the tech behind the fastest Intel-powered computer on the planet.

We test AMD’s first quad-core processor for both speed and power efficiency

Prepare to say goodbye to the Pentium as we reveal the next generation

I've recently spent a couple of weeks on site at a client running a Linux training course and dabbling with the popular and powerful Web-caching package, Squid.

The latest iteration of the Pentium 4, code named Prescott, is an interesting development for a few reasons. First off, it represents Intel's entry to the world of 90nm (90 nanometre, or 0.09 micron) fabrication for processors. For the uninitiated, all this means is the size of individual components on the processor core have been shrunk to even smaller levels. It's a natural part of processor evolution to shrink the size of components, as it allows more transistors to be packed into a smaller space, reduces heat and resistance, and this all leads to faster CPUs.

We've put AMD and Intel’s new processors to the test, and there's one clear winner.

A world first on the desktop, Phenom is good but a long way from outstanding.

High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

Chance or coincidence? AMD releases the Athlon 64, specifically targeted at the consumer performance market, and only days later Intel announces a secret processor aimed squarely at the same MHz-hungry community: the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (P4EE).

AMD celebrated its Opteron chip's sixth birthday in a fitting way by accelerating the six-core Istanbul release to June, and by announcing the 12-core total of two Istanbul dies in one Magny-Cours package to come out half a year later.

One would think that, with ever cheaper, faster and more reliable SSD drives, the idea of a small "Turbo Memory" or "Flash Cache", would be passe by now. Not so.

The Nehalem-based xeons are a landmark release, with exceptional performance married to great power.

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Several PC makers expect to have Nehalem-EX 16-core DP desktops, in fact super workstations, at the chip's launch towards year-end

This first of a new generation is only a little faster than the old, but its potential is clearly huge

The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

The newest version of Intel’s laptop platform is here. We unveil and test real Santa Rosa hardware.

Get your licensing shop in order before you build you new server.