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

From Celerons to Core i7s, Semprons to Phenom IIs, David Bayon tests Mainsteam desktop processors and finds the best budget, mid-range and enthusiast (gaming) choice for you.

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.

The processor for Apple's new iPhone 3G S handset is revealed to be a 600MHz ARM processor with 256MB of RAM.

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..

Apple has outed a "mightier" Mac Mini, boasting the same compact shell but with boosted memory, bigger hard drives and a speedier processor

IDF is Intel’s main forum for new releases and updates on the older products and as such is key to understanding the company’s direction. Here's what impressed us.

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

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

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

AMD HAS ANNOUNCED it will be launching its Opteron Magny-Cours 12-core server processor in late Q1 2010, only a tad later - and slower - than previously anticipated.

Istanbul offers more performance at same power draw as quad-cores.

The HP Pavilion s5180a punches above its weight and provides a welcoming entry point for a starter or low-end upgrade system.

With only Dell's disappointing Inspiron Mini 12 so far released, Samsung doesn't have a great deal of competition at this size. The NC20 has six-hour battery life, fine performance and a superb display

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

A new processor that harnesses 1 billion aluminum atoms is being hailed as a breakthrough in the road to the much-hyped quantum computer

The long awaited Core i5 'Mainstream' processors are finally on the way to desktops, complementing Intel's existing Core i7 enthusiast processors.

The names "Core i3" and "Core i5" will now be met with nods of acknowledgement by hordes of Intel fans around the world instead of the quizzical empty gaze of I-know-nothingness with which such terms were greeted since the launch of Core i7

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

A GeForce CPU in your music player? It seems that Nvidia's Tegra chip give Microsoft's Zune - and around 50 other devices - some interesting gaming potential.