Every computing device from simple toys to large business systems have an essential component called the central processing unit. The CPU performs calculations, makes logical comparisons and moves ...

Processors lie at the heart of your computer. They juggle millions of instructions every second so you can watch Netflix and play Fallout 4. They throttle their clockspeeds to save power, and boost ...

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle through to system RAM and ...

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

Forgive my ignorance, but how does a processor's multiplier work? That is, would a 1.6GHz Northwood-A (400MHz FSB) processor have a multiplier of 16 due to the fact that 16 X 100 (MHz FSB) = 1600 MHz?

This paper provides an overview of the processor reorder buffer timeout and provides methodology to debug these types of system issues. Using the debug methods and debug tools suggested in this ...