Some of the most interesting projects in computing are the "Just for fun," builds that individuals dream up. A year and a half ago, we met the Megaprocessor, a room-scale CPU implementation with each ...

James Sharman built a CPU from scratch, displaying a 3D cube in real time. Sharman's video showcases the homemade CPU's ability to handle complex graphics. The video provides insight into the math ...

Not content with your new, 1.4-billion-transistor Ivy Bridge processor? Maybe it runs too hot, or lacks the polygon-pushing powers that you require? Well, I've got just the thing for you: How about ...

[James Sharman] designed and built his own 8-bit computer from scratch using TTL logic chips, including a VGA adapter, and you can watch it run a glorious rotating cube demo in the video below. The ...

I'm starting to do some reasearching so I can start building my own computer from the case up and would like some advice. My original thought was a p3 933Mhz, but I had also never heard of ...

Every once in a while a video pops up on our feeds that makes us remember why it can, occasionally at least, feel good to be alive. Today’s entry: a five-and-a-half minute view of Henry Cavill ...

If you think designing a new CPU from scratch is hard, you ought to try raising money to do it. Even when there is a political and economic will to do so, as is the case with the European Processor ...

A modern normal network card will have onboard an Ethernet controller which, of course, is a pre-programmed microcontroller. Not only does it do the things required to keep a computer on the network, ...