Apple recently made available the Developer Notes for the new PowerBook models. This documentation reveals that the 15" and 17" models (but not the 12" model) support processor/bus"slewing." Slewing ...

A computer motherboard's bus speed has no effect on the installed CPU's speed. In a computer, the motherboard and the CPU are two separate components and do not impact the performance of one another.

The exponential growth rate of Internet traffic has caused a need for increasingly faster processing of encrypted data by network security processors which offload security functions from general ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Struggling processor maker Transmeta Corp., told the public today that its latest microprocessor, the TM8000, has three main bus connections including a graphics port, and is ...

I'm trying to decide which hardware to get for me next box. This box will be running Distributed Computing in the background but it is not being bought for the sole purpose of DC. It will be my main ...

A Spymac thread posted this weekend reveals some screenshots and information about a feature of the new PowerMac G5's called "Slewing". Details on the various modes are provided in Apple's Developer ...

For many years, the 8-bit microcontroller has been the workhorse of embedded systems. Design teams favor the size and power benefits that a tightly coupled processor, such as the 8051 microcontroller, ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Software and hardware engineers who have to deal with byte and bit order issues know the process is like walking a maze. Though ...

April 14, 2003 - Intel Corporation today announced a significant improvement in overall PC performance by introducing a new Pentium® 4 processor with a faster system bus and a new chipset platform.

For designs that incorporate or interface to an embedded CPU, processor driven tests can be a valuable addition to the suite of tests used to perform functional verification. Simply stated, Processor ...