DDR2 is here, but there's more to it than meets the eye. Tim Dean takes a look at the good and bad of tomorrow's memory.

Intel unloaded a swag of new Penryn-class CPUs at CES today. Zara Baxter explores the new platform and what it means for your PC.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

From budget laptops to ultra-tiny netbooks, ultraportables and high performance, we explain the tricks to finding out the ultimate laptop at the right price.

Although it may be hard to tell from the explosion in chip speeds in the past year, an end to Moores Law is in sight. Manufacturing chips economically at 0.1 microns and below is going to be a challen

What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.

How can the most over hyped yet misrepresented ‘law’ form the lynchpin of the computing era? Tim Dean busts some of Moore’s Myths.

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

In many ways Itanium represents a change for Intel. Having dominated the desktop PC processor market, the company hopes that its 64-bit silicon will become the de facto choice in the next generation o

The Centrino platform has just received a major revision. Tim Dean peers inside Sonoma and takes a look at what we can expect.

Developers see the future of the Terraflop server processor with 20MB of memory and frickkin’ silicon lasers.

The price war among Netbooks and mini-notebooks is hot at the moment, especially leading up to Christmas. We source the best prices from around the net this week.

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

Leigh Dyer arrives in OS heaven with a triple-booting Intel Mac.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

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

The Phenom II from AMD is here, and it has been billed as the company’s big comeback after a 2008 in which it was pummelled by Intel. So how does the CPU stack up against Intel's Core i7?

Digital SLRs have never been more accessible price-wise. The Retail Warrior has the best deals to ensure your festive holidays are snap-happy.

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