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What to Do if Your Computer Freezes and Becomes Unresponsive

If your computer has slowed to a crawl, or stops working entirely, here's how to see if it's an easy fix or something that ...
EDN

Itanium 2 processor has crashing problem, says reports

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel Corp. has discovered a problem with some of its Itanium 2 processors that can cause computers that have the chip inside them to behave erratically or crash, according to ...
CNET

Mac OS X 10.4.4 (#14): More problems with processor upgrade cards; More on FireWire issues/fixes

More problems with processor upgrade cards We continue to report on issues with processor-upgraded Mac after Mac OS X 10.4.4 is installed. The problem usually results in occasional freezes, kernel ...
CNET

Lombard PowerBook: The processor is the problem

Regarding the continuing saga of Mac OS X problems with "Lombard" PowerBook G3 models (see item from last time), Sean Peisert writes: "I had the problem and did everything I possibly could to try to ...
Science Daily

A novel processor that solves a notoriously complex mathematical problem

Scientists have designed a novel processor architecture that can solve combinatorial optimization problems much faster than existing ones. Combinatorial optimization are complex problems that show up ...