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

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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, ...

Releasing a new version of Windows that just covers new Arm PCs is another signal of Microsoft’s commitment to Arm processors and the Arm version of Windows, after decades of near-exclusive focus on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Qualcomm burst onto the laptop scene with its ARM processors back in 2024. Up until then, ARM hadn’t been a very viable option for Windows PCs. Programs like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Blender were ...

Tablets and smartphones will give a much-needed boost this year to the worldwide microprocessor market, which is undergoing a fundamental change with a shift to low-power processors used in ...

Company aims to change the perception of Arm being a low-cost, low-power processor not associated with performance; its Cortex A9 now runs at 2GHz Arm Holdings on Wednesday raised the clock speed of ...