If you often wonder why your CPU never seems to achieve the boost clocks it's advertised for, its power limits might be the reason. The way your motherboard manufacturer tunes the BIOS can hold your ...

When AMD launched its Ryzen lineup of CPUs in 2017, it represented a redemption story for the company. It had been producing disappointing CPUs for a while before then. Performance on that first ...

AMD is preparing a new CPPC “Highest Frequency” feature that could improve CPU scheduling and boost behavior on Windows 11 ...

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Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman defends the new Windows 11 Low Latency Profile, explaining why CPU boosting is standard thing on ...

I'm running Debian Testing on an Intel Desktop Board DH67BL, with a Core i7-2600, 16GB RAM, nVidia 960 4GB, 16GB RAM, 500 GB SSD. For compatibility reasons when dual-booting XP, I will occasionally ...

AMD is working on a new way to accurately communicate boost frequency to Windows11 and Linux, in order to improve scheduling.

The new feature could debut with Zen 6 CPUs and aims to fix mismatches between CPPC values and actual core speeds, improving ...