It’s been a little while since we last dove into CPU workstation testing in a meaningful way, so we’re going to get things up to speed here, and see where things stand in early 2021. With Intel’s 11th ...

I know my brand new 4600+ x2 is a great lil CPU and all, but not <i>that</i> great -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon ...

In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more ...

The workstation-focused CPUs will make their way to PC manufacturers later this year.

In a world increasingly concerned with sustainability, the energy demands of digital infrastructure are coming under scrutiny—especially in streaming, where encoding and decoding dominate processing ...

As of May 2026, the streaming game has changed: OBS Studio just released its latest stable version 32.1.2, and platforms like YouTube now prioritize content that lives forever as searchable VODs and ...

Hey!Watch, a new Web-based video encoding service that's both free and pretty speedy if you've got a good connection. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote ...

I´m encoding a bunch of DVDs for the vacation, and CPU utilization never gets higher than 60% split evenly between the two cores. <BR><BR>I´ve dialed in High CPU utilization in D-Vision's task ...

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