Intel’s three new CPUs promise Core i7 power in an economical and efficient package. We put them through their paces to see whether small really is beautiful

Get your head around the new range of Intel desktop silicon, including the new Nehalem-based Core i5 and i7 chips.

Nothing incredible in terms of design, but it’s an impressively cheap way to get quad-core in your PC.

Slim and stylish, this isn’t the most powerful quad core we’ve seen, but it’s by far the cheapest.

Chip giant Intel has taken the wraps off its latest mobile processor based on its Nehalem architecture..

Eight new processors aimed at the low end of the market

While Intel is rolling out new designs, AMD's focus is on getting the most out of its existing Phenom II process. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition is just what the doctor ordered.

Dell has introduced several new business systems, including a novel Latitude laptop with wireless docking and charging.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

Apple's latest update brings a beefier iMac lineup with better-than-HD screens and tasty new peripherals

A stunningly powerful card that tops the last generation’s best dual-GPU monsters.

Tilera has announced a new family of four processors, which includes one it claims is the first with 100 cores.

AMD is opening the champers after its six-core AMD Opteron processor based system was named as the world's most powerful supercomputer.

As Vista and Windows 7 share the same core code, Microsoft has decided to merely nudge up the version number (Windows Vista was 6) so that applications are tricked into thinking it's Vista they're dealing with

The m15x is another out-of-this-world laptop design from Alienware. Is it onto something, or just on another planet?

Will AMD blow its lead again in graphics? An analysis of the current state of play in the race for processor and graphics superiority

Get the most from your CPU

The Vostro may look like a netbook to the inexperienced eye, but its more powerful processor gives it more flexibility and speed

Not quite the consumer/business crossover it aims to be, but there’s a lot to like in this clever mix of old-style business laptop and feature-packed modern machine

At his keynote address to the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco the company's general manager of architecture Sean Maloney will be showing off Intel's first 32nm processor, codenamed Westmere..