For more than three decades, microprocessors have doubled in power every 18 to 24 months. That progress will continue for another 10 years or so, chip makers say; then some new technology may have to ...

Meteor Lake PC processors arrive in December. A few weeks later, Intel will begin building its first 2025 processors, code-named Panther Lake. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The microprocessor is one of history’s pivotal inventions, ranking in influence with breakthroughs such as the wheel, the transistor, and the printing press. There is no escaping their popularity or ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) will start making chips with transistors as tiny as 40 nanometers (nm) in the second quarter, enabling smaller, more powerful and energy-efficient chips.

What are Microprocessors and Microcontrollers? Microprocessors and microcontrollers are essential components of an embedded system. These are single-chip processors that accelerate the computing ...