Quad core at this price is fantastic, but it’s not as fast as it should be.

Quad core considered too much for the average user.

Quad-core makes it powerful and good value at the price. Noise and stability suffer though.

Gamers and enthusiasts rejoice.

Chipmaker talks up quad core progress.

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.

Intel's new CEO, Paul Otellini, envisions a quad core processor in every handheld device

Impressive technology, but increasing cores doesn’t necessarily increase performance.

Forthcoming AMD chip to outpace Intel's by 40 per cent, firm claims.

Chipmaker hopes for fall developer event to take theattention off its shrinking revenues.

A hybrid spawn of Alien and Michael Bay’s Transformers – this 4TB, Quad Core predator from Acer shows no gaming fear.

Chipmaker continues to lose market share to Intel. The big hope? The new quad core Opteron.

Dual socket beast uses 8 cores, DDR3 and SLI plus Crossfire graphics capability.

Can Intel steal Phenom's performance thunder with this top-end quad core chip?

Performance per watt has taken a backward step, but it’s very fast with the right apps.

Incredibly powerful laptop system, with a few small issues that hold it back from true glory.

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.

If you don’t care about weight, this is what a laptop should be

The Cell is not just for the PlayStation 3 - now the technology is making inroads into laptop territory.