x86 CPUs face competition from Arm CPUs in personal and commercial computer markets. Transition to Arm CPUs may lead to Windows laptops with longer battery life and improved performance. Running ...

The venue for all this is Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2025, where Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation ...

In a nutshell: The Windows Insider program offers Microsoft fans the opportunity to act as unpaid beta testers for the latest OS developments. While Redmond rarely introduces major changes to how ...

The upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite is poised to boost performance, efficiency, and AI TOPs over its groundbreaking ...

So Microsoft has a new implementation of their own version of Rosetta called Prism, and apparently they're pretty confident about it. Unlike previous attempts, the performance of x86 Windows software ...

When the HP Elite x3 launched earlier this year, we lamented its likely legacy as the last great Windows 10 phone. It stood alone as the embodiment of Microsoft’s PC-as-phone vision at a time when ...

Nobody's going to run spreadsheets on their toaster, but AMD still thinks there's a lot to be gained by outfitting consumer gadgets with the same basic design underlying PC chips. No. 2 chipmaker ...

A Russian startup company called Elbrus Technologies is developing a technology that will allow data center owners to migrate software designed for x86 platforms to ARM-powered servers without the ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Mini-PCs like the Raspberry Pi are loved tinkers and retro gamers — could they be fast enough to take on the everyday things you’d do on a desktop PC? Here’s a look at one single board computer, the ...

Intel, comfortably the largest manufacturer of desktop processors, is no stranger to throwing its weight around to protect its core business. It has spent years fighting a massive $1.2 billion fine ...