At the birth of the computer era, the IBM PC became the standard computer in large part due to its modular architecture with interchangeable components. Like the original IBM, every modern PC's ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Computer engineering is a broad field that sits in between the hardware of electrical engineering and the software of computer science. When computer engineers design hardware, they focus on what the ...

The course is targeted at students with a wide range of backgrounds in Computer Graphics, ranging from students with no previous experience to students with undergraduate courses in Computer Graphics.

Learn how to choose the best GPU for your PC upgrade. Compare gaming graphics cards, performance benchmarks, and ...

If you’re shopping around for a laptop or individual parts for your custom PC build, chances are you’ve come across technical terms like ‘discrete graphics’ and ‘integrated graphics.’ Sounds a bit ...

Ray tracing, a sophisticated technique for drawing realistic graphics in video games, has gone mainstream. Today it's even available on entry-level graphics hardware. Computers are my lifelong ...

"The graphics which appear in this volume were executed with the help of mechanical drawing apparatus --a still classic procedure. They date from spring 1972 and correspond to contemporary computer ...

DirectX is the secret sauce that allows most of the best PC games to run. It solves a problem for developers by offering a standardized solution to communicate instructions to your graphics card, and ...