Processors continue to get faster and faster, but the frontside bus (FSB) remains one of the biggest bottlenecks on system performance. Most major manufacturers, including Intel, Motorola and AMD, are ...

Computer CPUs that are running too fast or too hot can have their speed turned down through a technique called "underclocking." Depending on the motherboard and CPU, the system BIOS can feature ...

Although the ability to expand a home computer with more RAM, storage and other features has been around for as long as home computers exist, it wasn’t until the IBM PC that the concept of a fully ...

Overclocking, the practice of running a computer's processor at a faster speed than its factory rating, is frequently practiced by enthusiasts and gamers, but can also be a useful business tool.