Shopping for a new laptop can be a confusing experience. I find the best place to start is with size. Do you want a featherlight ultraportable or a larger model that has a bigger screen but is more of a chore to lug around? Or something in between that ...

Inside Asus’ featherweight Zenbook A16, Qualcomm's new flagship laptop chip flexes massive multi-core muscle, upgraded graphics, and real momentum against the competition. The benchmarks speak for themselves.

Laptops are popular for a variety of reasons, including their convenience and portability. However, that convenience comes at a price. If you want to upgrade an individual component of your laptop, such as the CPU, you'll typically face an uphill battle ...

Learn about how TweakTown tests and reviews hardware. In the coming months, you'll be swamped with new laptop processors from AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm. Strix Point, Lunar Lake, x86 vs. Arm, integrated GPUs, NPUs for AI workloads, and on-package memory are ...

The heat first comes off the CPU and GPU, which sit below a metal plate and a layer of TIM (aka Thermal Interface Material). This material, also called thermal paste or “goop” if you’re like me, helps fill in the gaps between the CPU/GPU die and the heatsink or vapor chamber. This helps reduce contact resistance.

Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for prototyping and evaluation, claiming “unprecedented energy ...

A new leak from hardware sleuth Jaykihn on X (formerly Twitter) suggests that Intel's next-generation Nova Lake HX family of processors will top out at a 28-core configuration. These CPUs are set to replace the incumbent Arrow Lake HX series, which is scheduled to arrive by late 2026 or early 2027.