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Running benchmarks on a PC enables users to evaluate performance, to identify potential bottlenecks, and to choose effective system upgrades. Unfortunately, many users imagine that system performance is simply a matter of CPU frequency or memory capacity, which leads them to think that dropping in a faster CPU or more memory will automatically and immediately yield noticeable performance improvements. In reality, however, that is not always the case.

Intel rolled out its combination CPU/GPU chipsets at CES in Las Vegas this week, beating AMD to the punch and pleasing Hollywood with content-control hooks.

Intel Corp. may not have officially released the specs of its upcoming Pineview family of Atom CPUs, but that hasn't stopped Nvidia Inc. from claiming that its Ion platform will best its Intel counterpart, especially in the areas of high-definition movies and games.

Next year will be critical for AMD, as the chip company pursues two major initiatives designed to reverse its financial losses and compete better with industry leader Intel.

Microprocessor designer Transmeta is looking for a buyer. Executives announced plans to sell the company on Wednesday, saying investment bank Piper Jaffray & Co. will act as its financial advisor during the sale process.

A former Intel design engineer has been charged with theft of trade secrets from the chipmaker while secretly working for rival AMD.

It's always a bit of a delicate dance, running the laptop division at a computer company -- certainly at one that's as vertically integrated as Apple, and certainly when the next generation of the company's popular MacBook and MacBook Pro lines are being prepped for release. You want to make a powerful, full-featured laptop, but not one that obviates your company's desktops.