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 ...

A leaked video confirms the Chromebook's Android future. A now-restricted Google report reveals “Aluminium OS,” the successor to ChromeOS. An included video shows unreleased UI features. The video ...

Smart TVs have moved far beyond simple screens for watching cable or streaming content. In 2025, the operating system (OS) powering a smart TV plays a crucial role in determining how easily users can ...

Google is in a very favorable position with its Android operating system, which comes installed on smartphones from numerous manufacturers and only has a few real non-Apple alternatives, like ...

ClickFix attacks have evolved to feature videos that guide victims through the self-infection process, a timer to pressure targets into taking risky actions, and automatic detection of the operating ...

Learn how to easily install plugins in Adobe After Effects on Mac OS! This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through the process, helping you expand your creative toolkit and speed up your workflow ...

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 ...

Alongside its latest funding round, Nothing’s Carl Pei is laying out a vision for the future of the company which, ambitiously, includes creating a new operating system for smartphones and beyond. In ...

The era of universal processor architectures is giving way to workload-specific designs optimized for performance, power, and scalability. As data-centric applications in artificial intelligence (AI), ...

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 ...