When we refer to the size of a computer or component, we might be talking about its capacity, speed or connectors. Or we could be talking about its dimensions—how much physical space it occupies on ...

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. The iPad, launched in 2010, kicked off the post-PC era. The combination of a multitouch display and keyboard-less ...

Motherboards exemplify what is perhaps the most rigorous application of form factors. Here, form factor describes a specification that includes the overall length and width of the board, the ...

Power-electronics design involves a multiplicity of tradeoffs that can be guided by criteria that are useful in assessing how close a design is to optimum. This article surveys some common guiding ...

Palm sized or pint sized, PCs are getting smaller, more powerful and more capable. Micro ATX motherboards and mini ITX motherboards for X86 processors, as well as tiny single board computers that run ...

I've been planning a small form factor gaming PC build for months, and now that it's Black Friday week, it's the perfect time to actually order what I'll need! There are some great Black Friday ...