On a microcontroller, though, you’ll have to roll your own CPU load meter with a few parts, some code, and a voltmeter. We like [Dave Marples]’s simple approach to quantifying something as ...

Confused by Task Manager seemingly getting CPU usage wrong in Windows 11? Don’t worry, Microsoft has cleared up what’s going on here.

The Mobile Pentium II 233MHz and 266MHz processors have a total market share of 34 per cent. Also featuring in the top 10 is the G3 processor, used by Apple. This accounts for about three per cent of ...

Just like the frequency indicators of yore, the Arduino doesn’t actually measure the CPU’s frequency, it’s simply reading the state of the Turbo LED on the front panel. When the LED is off ...