You can raise your laptop's GHz speed simply by swapping out the old CPU for a newer, faster processor. However, this is much more difficult to do on laptops or notebooks than on desktop computers, ...

The term "gigahertz," or "GHz," refers to the operating speed of a central processing unit; hertz defines the clock rate, or cycles per second, of the CPU. 1 GHz is equivalent to one billion hertz.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Via Technologies is preparing to improve the performance of its CPU family to achieve a 2-GHz clock frequency this year, which would help allay some user complaints that its low-power ...