Arm boss casts doubt on Intel's path forward after CEO shakeup
Dodged confirming rumors of his company getting into the manufacturing business
Intel and AMD PCs are finally getting Copilot+ features, including Recall
AI image generation comes to Paint and Photos
Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck
Something to look forward to: Steam users have long wondered about when Valve might make the Steam Deck's custom Linux distro available for other devices. While the company hasn't disclosed its software roadmap, new internal guidelines provide the latest evidence that these plans are progressing. Interestingly, this development coincides with a new patent for a Linux-based handheld gaming device from Samsung.
Microsoft releases Windows 11 Arm ISO for easy installation
Microsoft has released the ISO file for Windows 11 Arm, making it easier for users to perform clean installations on newer Snapdragon X PCs. However, older Snapdragon PCs may require additional drivers.
Nvidia's upcoming CPU could offer RTX 4070 mobile levels of performance
Powerful integrated graphics ready to take on AMD's x86 Strix Halo APUs
Nvidia could enter the AI PC market in 2025 with its own Arm-based CPU
Rumor mill: Reports indicating that Nvidia plans to compete with Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD in the AI PC processor market have circulated for about a year. As Arm's spat with Qualcomm intensifies and the latter's Arm PC exclusivity license nears its end, other companies, including MediaTek and Nvidia, are expected to broaden the sector next year.
Snapdragon 8 Elite arrives with Linux support, potentially unlocking PC gaming on phones and tablets
Running full-fledged PC apps on phones and tablets could become a lot easier
What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
Who spent the big bucks: Microsoft, Dell, Broadcom or was it Elon?
Arm vs Qualcomm: mutually assured destruction
A high-stakes gamble or calculated legal move?
In a shocking move, Arm cancels Qualcomm's license to manufacture Snapdragon chips
Qualcomm is almost entirely dependent on those licenses for its products
What just happened? The long-simmering battle between British chip designer Arm and American semiconductor superstar Qualcomm has just reached a boiling point. Arm has now given Qualcomm notice that it is terminating the license allowing Qualcomm to create its own chips based on Arm's intellectual property.
Analysts predict Arm CPUs will power 40% of notebooks by 2029
Arm currently accounts for 18 percent of the laptop market
Asahi Linux distro can now run AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3 on Apple Silicon chips
Highly anticipated: A few years after introducing Linux support for Apple's custom-designed Arm chips, Asahi developers are now shifting their focus to gaming. Getting modern Windows games to run on Apple Silicon isn't exactly a straightforward task, but the devs are clearly enjoying the challenge.
Raspberry Pi 5 runs Doom 3 at 4K using an external GPU
The Pi 5 can handle PCIe 3.0 speeds and fairly old AMD GPUs
WTF?! The Raspberry Pi 5's expanded PCIe functionality is one of its most enticing upgrades over its predecessors. Most owners likely use it to install fast storage, AI chips, or network cards, but modders have successfully connected it to dedicated graphics cards. Although the Pi isn't a gaming PC, installing a GPU on one could unlock interesting possibilities.
Fujitsu and Supermicro partner to build Arm-based, liquid-cooled AI data centers
A high-performance, energy-efficient platform
Intel holds firm against takeover bids, rejects Arm's acquisition proposal
Arm was bidding for the chip division only, but the deal made little sense to Team Blue
Valve appears to be testing ARM64 and Android gaming support for Steam on Linux
Showing Valve's ongoing investment in Linux
Oracle-backed Ampere explores sale amid shifting semiconductor landscape
It looks as though an IPO is off the table -- for the moment
MNT's Reform Next is the latest modular laptop to push the boundaries of open hardware
New processor, sleeker design, and improved mouse controls
Arm may be developing a new GPU in bid to challenge Nvidia
Sources say Arm's Israel development center is working on the project
Under-siege Intel quietly sells Arm stake as restructuring program continues
Intel still holds shares in other companies
Qualcomm aims to bring Snapdragon X PC prices down to $700 next year
Massive battery life improvements for Windows PCs to become more affordable in 2025
Linus Torvalds worries RISC-V will repeat the same mistakes made with earlier architectures
This happens every time new processor architectures are introduced
Arm shows off its own ASR upscaler tech optimized for mobile devices, based on AMD's FSR 2
Power consumption is also reduced
Samsung warns of app incompatibility on its Qualcomm PCs, despite Microsoft's promise
Fortnite is on the list, too
In context: Poorer performance aside, a big reason for the slow uptake of Arm-based Windows PCs has been the lack of compatibility with many commonly used apps and games. Microsoft has tried to address that with Prism, an emulation layer that lets apps run "great," regardless of whether their developers have baked in support for the architecture; however, Samsung is seemingly contradicting those claims with a new disclaimer.
Keep your Arm Surface gaming expectations in check, Microsoft says
The lack of anti-cheat support still poses a major obstacle