Cleaning up what you cannot see to feel the speed.

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

We've reported on the performance problems with Ryzen CPUs under Windows 11 a few times now, and produced our own test results to demonstrate the issues. AMD and Microsoft said they had patches ...

My computer developed a flickering problem that started subtly. For a split second, it goes black, the icons redraw, and the taskbar disappears briefly. This behavior wasn't constant, and I couldn't ...

If you're having PC memory issues, you might assume clearing your RAM's cache might sound like it'll make your PC run faster. But be careful, because it can actually slow it down and is unlikely to ...

The newest version of the chipmaker's Turbo Memory is trying to do what the Vista operating system doesn't do inherently. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, ...

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are kept ...