While laptops may be great for portable computing, a desktop computer can flex some serious muscle for working on the most demanding applications or playing the latest graphics-intensive games.

“Obviously, it doesn’t help, right?” said Bruno Loff, a computer scientist at the University of Lisbon. Wrong. In 2014, Loff and four other researchers discovered that adding full storage space can in ...

Reference designs for a new kind of modular computer could be the gateway toward laptops and mini-PCs that are easily repairable and reduce electronic waste (e-waste), Intel engineers hope.