Playable through Microsoft's new Xbox Backward Compatibility program for PC, you'll be able to relive classic Xbox titles ...

Valve and Collabora are building an Arm64 port of Arch Linux for the Steam Frame VR gaming platform, with hopes that the work will eventually feed into the upstream distro. Arch Linux has spawned a ...

With the rapid growth of edge AI and high-performance computing demands, the division of roles within the processor industry is beginning to shift. Recent moves from the dominant CPU IP supplier has ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The last couple of years have seen several new genres emerge, and ...

SiFive Inc., a startup that sells chip designs based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, has raised $400 million in funding at a $3.65 billion valuation. Atreides Management led the Series G round ...

China's Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched next-generation chip and operating system co-development alongside the debut of the Xiangshan open-source processor and Ruyi native OS at the 2026 ...

The RISC-V Summit North America, held on 22-23 October 2025 in Santa Clara, California, showcased the latest CPU cores featuring new vector processors, high-speed interfaces, and peripheral subsystems ...

It seems only yesterday when Nothing announced they would be coming out with their own smartphone. Fast-forward three years and the London-based company is gearing up to release Nothing OS 3.0 based ...

While much of the crypto community was occupied with the improved regulatory clarity, memecoin mania, and Bitcoin hitting new all-time highs, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently proposed a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. For decades, chip architectures have been dominated by a pair of ...

Old-timers might recall the idea of "RISC" as a once-upon-a-time processor design ideology. RISC processors were mostly used for servers from Sun Microsystems, DEC, and other companies of a bygone era ...

What just happened? An open source computing milestone is unfolding as RISC-V systems – long considered a technology for embedded devices – begin to step onto the gaming stage. Developers have ...