What's a CPU made of? What's the difference between a CPU and a GPU? Read our layman's overview of the central processing unit, or CPU.

GPUs and CPUs are designed for very different types of workloads, to the point that even an untrained observer can see the difference between the two from a simple block diagram. First, here's a CPU: ...

Apple Cyclone CPU block diagram On the actual number crunching side of things, Cyclone is seriously beefy: It has four FPUs (up from Swift's two), two load/store units (up from one), two branch ...

We now have a detailed block diagram that shows off the new chipset for Intel’s LGA 1151 platform. Due to sharing the same socket, Z270 motherboards will be compatible with Skylake.

A leaked block diagram reveals AMD may have a missed an opportunity for some bragging over rights over Intel in the gaming laptop segment.

Betweek the early W680 motherboard listings (Supermicro) and now a leaked chipset diagram, it seems an Alder Lake Xeon launch is right around the corner.

A modder has created a functional liquid cooling system by machining straight into an Intel CPU heat spreader—and, with the help of a plastic panel and a handy bucket, it actually works.

CPUs may have moved on in many ways since the 1970s, but the block diagram of an 8080 or similar still provides a basic grounding for the beginner.

Intel's future mobile Meteor Lake platform details may have leaked for all to see. There are some interesting new additions here, and a few unanswered questions about future feature support.

3DCenter.org has published an AMD Zen block diagram "with little speculation". The diagram was drawn up from a software patch published by an AMD Technical Staff member called Venkataramanan Kumar.

Another block diagram of a more official nature leaked, this one holds the X570 chipset breakdown alongside the specs and Ryzen 3000. It's clear already that Ryzen 3000 CPUs (Matisse) and the X570 ...