Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive companies, technologies and usage models. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and AMD CEO Lisa Su have joined forces ...

Today, Google and Qualcomm announced an extension of their partnership to bring RISC-V-based systems-on-chips (SoCs) to market with support for Wear OS, a version of Android for smartwatches and ...

Researchers from Yokohama National University in Japan have developed a prototype microprocessor using superconductor devices that are about 80 times more energy efficient than the state-of-the-art ...

Computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin are inventing a radical microprocessor architecture, one that aims to solve some of the most vexing problems facing chip designers today. If ...

Chip design firm SiFive has raised $175 million at a $2.5 billion as RISC-V emerges as an alternative processor architecture. The funding comes at a time when RISC-V is showing greater momentum as an ...

Adding network services in a secure fashion to today's network infrastructure requires deploying a large number of separate devices. These can include a Layer 4+ switch, an anti-spam gateway, firewall ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...

As enterprises continue to explore different ways to optimize how they handle different workloads in the data center and at the edge, a new startup, Ubitium, has emerged from stealth with an ...