Intel will upgrade its flagship PC chip in the beginning of the year, but it will keep the current name. "Prescott," the code name for an optimized version of the Pentium 4, will continue to be sold ...

If you're running Linux on 30-plus year old hardware, lend me your ears: in recent weeks the Linux kernel has been updated to no longer support Intel 486 and 586 processors. Here's why it's happening, ...

If you're looking to buy a new laptop or desktop computer, one of the things you should keep an eye out for is the processor's generation. The generation tells you the CPU's iteration and how new and ...

Over the weekend folks noticed an unusual processor name in the online database for an Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. The chip is an “Intel Core Ultra 5 1003H” processor, which is described as an ...

While looking for more details about some upcoming laptops, I noticed that the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14 inch notebook, which supports up to an Intel Core i7-1355U Raptor Lake processor, will also be ...

The chipmaker will upgrade its flagship PC chip in the beginning of the year, but it will keep the current name. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, ...