From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

Just five years ago, debating the merits of a 6-core CPU versus an 8-core model wasn’t possible. We were all stuck with 4-core chips at a consumer level—to break past that barrier, you had to pay ...

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Intel is one of the biggest names in computing, and its Intel Core CPUs — central processing units, essentially the "brain" of a computer — are the most popular consumer-grade processors on the market ...