Under normal circumstances, the CPU in your desktop PC generates modest amounts of heat; a smart fan on top of the CPU runs just fast enough to keep it cool. At this speed, you barely hear the fan.

No one is sitting around their workbench trying to come up with the next great oscilloscope or multimeter, but function generators still remain one of the pieces of test equipment anyone – even ...

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the heart of any computer, and like any powerful electronic component, it generates heat during its operations. Being a crucial part of the system, CPUs are ...

One of the difficulties of CPU reviews is that they represent the best time to evaluate new features and software -- while simultaneously representing the worst possible time to attempt to do a deep ...

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