In this post, we will explain what is a computer CPU pipeline. CPU (an abbreviation of the Central Processing Unit) is an important part of the computer that functions like a brain. And we already ...

The development of caches and caching is one of the most significant events in the history of computing. Virtually every modern CPU core from ultra-low power chips like the ARM Cortex-A5 to the ...

Nvidia Corp. today announced plans to invest $5 billion in Intel Corp. as part of a collaboration that will see the companies jointly develop new chips. The partnership encompasses both the data ...

Every time a computer receives a network packet, completes a disk write, or a user moves the mouse, the processor handles an event known as an ...

What do the HP-1000 and the DEC VAX 11/730 have in common with the video games Tempest and Battlezone? More than you might think. All of those machines, along with many others from that time period, ...

This March, an eager crowd of 12,000 people filled a stadium in San Jose, California. “I hope you realize this is not a concert,” joked Jensen Huang, chief executive of chip-making company Nvidia in ...