Explore the 2026 ARM vs x86 battle—comparing processor architecture, CPU performance, and energy efficiency to reveal which chip design leads modern computing innovation.

Arm Holdings' self-reinforcing ecosystem dominates mobile CPUs, embedding its IP in nearly every smartphone and challenging rivals like NVIDIA.

NVIDIA plans a return to consumer PC processors with Arm-based N1 laptop chips expected in Dell and Lenovo systems.

Arm today announced Armv9, the next generation of its chip architecture. Its predecessor, Armv8, launched a decade ago and while it has seen its fair share of changes and updates, the new architecture ...

Humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, smartphones, smart home devices, and even something as mundane as a TV remote or a coffee machine all share a quiet commonality. At the heart of most of this ...

British chip design firm ARM is trying to convince AMD to adopt its low-power processor architectures instead of the traditional x86 platform -- a logical move for ARM according to several system ...

Arm Holdings plc, or "arm", was once considered a vendor of processors designed for embedded and low-power systems, but those days are well past at this point. Having conquered mobile some time ago, ...

Most Windows computers use x86 processors from Intel or AMD, but some models also use ARM-based processors. That hardware comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, so it’s important to know ...

Microsoft Corp. is facing increasing pressure to bring its mainstream Windows operating system to the ARM mobile CPU. But analysts say the company should take a different route. Nicholas Negroponte, ...

Apple’s possible move from Intel x86 chips to ARM processors for its MacBooks is feasible, but not practical over the next few years because of technical and performance issues, analysts said this ...

Researchers point to a microprocessor on a space-ready motherboard used in spaceflight applications. SwRI is evaluating reduced instruction set computers (RISC-V or “risk five”) and Advanced RISC ...

The microprocessor shipment numbers do not include baseband processors. More than 95 percent of tablets and smartphones today use ARM processors. As tablets and smartphones account for a larger ...