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CPU Frequency Scaling
Blog Reducing the CPU speed is an important part of power management in modern laptop computers. In fact, running the CPU at a lower speed not only saves power, it reduces the heat production, which reduces the need for the cooling fan to run, saving...
[April 3, 2009, 14:03]
CPU Speed Accelerator
Downloads You want to automatically always make the most of the power of your CPU to the foreground application you are using? Then CPU Speed Accelerator is what you need! CPU Speed Accelerator allows you to drastically increase the CPU allocated to your...
[November 9, 2009, 14:46]
CPU roadmap: 2007 and beyond review
Reviews Although little is known about Nehalem at this point, multiple sources contend that Intel will drop the front-side bus altogether and link the CPU to other components on the board via Common System Interface, a next-generation interconnect...
[March 19, 2007, 16:12]
CPU Graph
Downloads CPU Graph is a free widget that will show you a nice graph of CPU usage and processor temperature. CPU Graph widget allows you to monitor the CPU activity as well as its temperature. CPU Graph widget has a compact design that makes it more suitable...
[November 6, 2007, 10:43]
CPU History
Downloads CPU History is a minimalist way to graph CPU usage over time. It's magnitudes more lightweight than Activity Monitor, since it doesn't try to monitor network, process, or disk activity. You can customize graph update frequency, choose...
[December 6, 2008, 18:05]
CPU Speed Menu
Downloads CPU Speed Menu allows you to switch between the different performance settings of your computer by a single mouse click. CPU Speed Menu can be used on all Macintosh computers which support manual switching of processor performance.
[July 29, 2009, 15:09]
CPU Usage
Downloads This application shows the current CPU usage in a floating rectangular meter, or in your Dock icon, or both. Your computer may behave slowly or run hot when the processor is being worked hard.The text is completely transparent, and the opacity of...
[May 12, 2008, 8:00]
CPU roadmap: 2008 and beyond review
Reviews But as the only vendor able to tap into the knowledge of design teams seasoned in both CPU and performance GPU design (and no, we don't count Intel's integrated graphics chip as a 'performance' part), AMD's Fusion core may be unique in its ability...
[April 22, 2008, 16:07]
CPU Tracker
Downloads A simple CPU Tracker that's light on memory usage. Tracks the last five minutes of CPU usage the widget was open for. You can pause the data stream, and it will automatically resume tracking after 2 minutes.
[March 24, 2007, 12:09]
Intel plans 4-CPU support for Pentium II
News Currently, the new PII devices only support uniprocessor and two-way CPU configurations but the addition of four-way capabilities next year will mean the end in sight for the venerable Pro. Pentium Pro has established itself pretty well in the 1-4...
[July 15, 1997, 15:45]
Improving System Security by Logging CPU Usage
White Papers One way to find suspicious processes is to look for unexpected CPU usage. Many of you have probably used this method already, using the Windows Task Manager to find out which processes are using the CPU.
[November 1, 2004, 23:00]
Mz Cpu Accelerator
Downloads Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application (program-game). Automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active...
[September 11, 2008, 16:08]
One Year Ago: Intel plans 4-CPU support for Pentium II
News Currently, the new PII devices only support uniprocessor and two-way CPU configurations but the addition of four-way capabilities next year will mean the end in sight for the venerable Pro. Pentium Pro has established itself pretty well in the 1-4...
[July 15, 1998, 6:30]
Intel Atom CPU - 32 or 64 bits?
Blog As the new HP Pavillion dv2-1010ez has an Athlon 64 Neo CPU, I started paying a bit more attention to when and where I could install 64-bit versions. The ones that turned out to be interesting were the Atom CPU systems - the ASUS N10J netbook, with...
[October 5, 2009, 8:56]
Communication-Aware CPU Management for Consolidated Virtualization-Based Hosting Platforms
White Papers The authors identify two shortcomings in existing Virtual Machine Monitors (VMMs) that prove to be obstacles in operating hosting platforms, such as Internet data centers, under conditions of such high consolidation; CPU schedulers that are...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Implementation of Real-Time Virtual CPU Partition on Linux
White Papers Based on the theoretical framework in previous work, this paper presents the first implementation of a real-time virtual resource for the CPU. A real-time virtual resource is an abstraction for resource sharing where the application task groups...
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
K6 launch is CPU milestone
News PCDN Comment: This is red letter day in x86 CPU development. The firm said that the chip will give PC makers and buyers more freedom of choice, lower prices and spur innovation thanks to its unique design.
[April 3, 1997, 15:19]
Europe honours father of the one-chip CPU
News According to the European Inventor of the Year Web site, "The world we live in today might have looked quite different had it not been for Federico Faggin; the engineer was the first person to fit an entire CPU on a single chip.
[May 4, 2006, 12:10]
New CISC CPU Architecture Builds on the Past and Adopts the Latest Technology to Enable Future Embedded System Advances
White Papers Developing a new CISC architecture employing the latest technology and based on the design concept, CPU specifications, and implementation technology of the H8 and M16C families requires a significant amount of resources and technology expertise.
[June 11, 2009, 1:20]
GPU vs CPU: wrong battle, wrong war
Blog Second: CPUs are scooping up GPU hardware cleverness faster than GPUs are acquiring the CPU's facility with mainstream software - not difficult, as the latter isn't happening at all. Intel is out on the road, preaching a new way of looking at...
[November 27, 2008, 6:56]
