NVIDIA and Intel are expected to unveil a new SoC at GTC 2026, but according to officials, that isn't happening for at least a 'couple of years'.

A leaked Geekbench 6 result tied to a previously unseen Mac model identifier has reignited the debate over ARM versus x86 processor performance in laptops. The entry, logged under the model ...

And it's not even using Apple's fastest phone chip.

In just one quarter of sales, AMD has gone from being within striking distance of claiming a third of the overall x86 CPU market to exceeding it. As it has done for years, and more earnestly since the ...

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...

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 ...

According to the latest data from Mercury Research, AMD continues its steady progress against Intel in the x86 processor segment. In the third quarter of 2025 (thanks Tom’s Hardware), AMD surpassed ...

China's Loongson Technology has designed two 64-bit, quad-core Mips processors that can also execute code based on the x86 (Intel-compatible) and ARM architectures. That's a unique twist in the ...

VIA Technologies, Inc, has announced details of the VIA Isaiah Architecture, a new x86 processor architecture that will deliver significant boosts to the functionality and performance of desktop, ...

As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. Indeed, even the original 8086 inherits a ...