Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

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

GPS pet locators could save pet owners the misery of losing their beloved furry friends, and it appears you can buy them in Australia

Microsoft's latest OS is looking good, but there's always room for improvement. Here are our Top 10 tips for powering up Windows 7

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

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

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.

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

Sharp are finalising plans to commercially produce quad and triple layer Blu-ray discs capable of 100GB and 8x read speeds using new disc materials and improved laser technologies

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

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.

Chip maker AMD has unveiled the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, which it claims is the world's highest frequency quad-core desktop processor..

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

Rumours of a microcode update that will lock down cores in AMD's new processors have been thoroughly refuted by the company.

With MARS, Asus managed to do its own version of a "beyond GTX295" dual GPU card. It has two full-speed GTX285 cards per slot, a total of 2GB RAM, a full complement of 240 shaders and 512-bit buses per GPU

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

LGA 1366 is Intel's first new desktop socket in four years. It uses the same ZIF design as the familiar LGA 775 architecture, but it incorporates many more contacts

AMD is likely to shift production of desktop CPUs to 45nm process technology by the third quarter of 2009 and launch several new CPUs, say sources in the know.

AMD'S upcoming notebook platform, Tigris, is ready to roar at Computex 2009, according to reports in the Chinese-language Commercial Times.

So you’re buying a notebook now, and you want to upgrade to Windows 7. What kind of specs should you be looking at? And will Windows 7 be supported by your computer when you get it home?