[July 9, 2010] HardwareCentral's CPU Price Watch for July 9, 2010
A few savings can be found scattered amid otherwise stagnating prices, and one of those was even a pretty noteworthy drop. But by and large, the prices we tracked continued to hold steady in this week's guide.

[July 2, 2010] HardwareCentral's CPU Price Watch for July 2, 2010
While not quite so devoid of price drops as last week's guide, this week's edition comes pretty close. Only two of the prices we track experienced any drops, and each of those fell by only $1.

[June 29, 2010] AMD's Opteron 4100: A CPU for the Cloud
IT managers looking for raw performance can check out AMD's existing eight- and 12-core server processors. The company's new four- and six-cores are all about energy efficiency -- as low as 5.3 watts per core -- and scalability for the cloud computing data center.

[June 25, 2010] HardwareCentral's CPU Price Watch for June 25, 2010
Looking for savings on PC processors? Sorry, you're out of luck. We hate to say it, but of the 35 CPUs we track, not one fell in this week's price guide.

[June 18, 2010] HardwareCentral's CPU Price Watch for June 18, 2010
It's been another disappointing week for prospective CPU buyers who've been waiting for price drops before pulling the trigger. This week's processor prices held about as steady as we've seen them, with only a few falling, and those by only a few dollars.

[June 15, 2010] Chipmakers Push Laptop PC Limits
Will Apple's iPad pour cold water on conventional notebook sales? Not if notebook component suppliers can help it. From battery-thrifty new CPUs to USB 3.0, Vince Freeman checks out how laptop technology is changing for the battle ahead.

[June 1, 2010] Intel's CPU Doubleheader
Intel wows the supercomputing crowd with a 32-core proof of concept for 50-plus-core future CPUs -- and more than wows the enthusiast crowd with overclockable desktop processors priced far below its unlocked Extreme Editions.