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 ...

With all the hoopla surrounding the recent launch of the new Raspberry Pi 4, it’s easy to overlook another event in the Pi calendar. July will see the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Raspberry ...

The term "form factor" is used in the computer industry to describe the shape and size of computer components, like drives, motherboards and power supplies. When hard disk drives initially made their ...

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 ...

The Seventh of an Eight-Part Series on the Future of Infrastructure in a Software-Defined World: All around us, software is running and automating more items and functions across all facets of our ...

Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ? ATX (not in the list above). The most mainstream and common motherboard form factor, ATX was created by Intel in 1995. The typical size of an ATX ...

The Dell Optiplex 3040 Small Form Factor looks utilitarian, but it's a powerful business tool with a sixth-generation Intel Core i5 processor under the hood. The system can be locked down using a ...