The first mechanical computer is an Analytical Engine, which was designed by Charles Babbage, the Father of the Computer.

Goldstine explained the ENIAC project, a room-sized machine of vacuum tubes designed for wartime calculations. Von Neumann instantly realized that computers could change far more than military ...

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 ...

Every so often, a semiconductor startup emerges claiming to have cracked a problem the industry’s biggest players have wrestled with for decades. Most fade quietly, but occasionally, one arrives that ...

Researchers at Google Quantum AI have used their Willow quantum computer to help interpret data from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a mainstay of chemistry and biology research. The ...

What is a dataflow architecture? Why Efficient Computer’s Electron E1 processor design is so radical. How the Electron E1 is able to be so power-efficient. My master’s degree work many decades ago was ...

The new flagship chip, based on the Oryon architecture and largely destined for AI-forward, pro-grade laptops, will feature an 80 TOPS NPU. Also incoming in 2026: two new X2 Elite premium processors.

Intel is launching a new entry-level CPU, but there's nothing new about what's under the IHS. The Core i5 110 might sound like a modern-ish CPU, perhaps from the Meteor Lake generation of hardware, ...

After unveiling the Dragonwing suite of products in February 2025 to offer a purpose-built portfolio in consumer and industrial segments, Qualcomm Technologies has launched the Dragonwing Q-6690, ...

Chip startup Efficient Computer Corp. exited stealth mode in 2024 with a $16 million seed funding round with the announcement of its first computer processor, the E0 system-on-chip (SoC) for ...

Qualcomm will hold the 2025 Snapdragon Summit between Sept. 23 and 26 this year. Likely, the US-based chipmaker will take off covers from the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which will power the next-generation ...