The brains of the PC is a central processing unit (CPU) made by Intel or AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). It stems from the Intel 8086 (x86) architecture in the IBM PC in 1981. Following is a brief ...

All programs and data processing are run in the CPU and all hardware components are, to some extent, controlled by it.

The control unit controls the flow of data within the system.

A custom-built chip for machine learning from Google. Introduced in 2016, the Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) runs software from Google's TensorFlow AI library. TPU circuits are designed to process ...

the company said it engaged in a “deep co-engineering” partnership with AMD to push the computer’s neural processing unit to new heights. The PC and print giant on Monday said that the 14 ...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) made significant progress last year in its server central processing unit (CPU) business. The company has been losing market share to AMD for years, partly because it was stuck on ...