Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

As you probably know, processors – and most other digital technology – are made up of transistors. The simplest way to think of a transistor is as a controllable switch with three pins. When the gate ...

Computer engineering is a broad field that sits in between the hardware of electrical engineering and the software of computer science. When computer engineers design hardware, they focus on what the ...

Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades with each new generation, processors haven't seen any industry-shifting advancements in a long time. The transition from vacuum tubes to ...

Computer chip designs are expensive and hard to license. That’s all about to change thanks to the popular open standard known as RISC-V. RISC-V International, Intel, SiFive, SemiFive, China RISC-V ...

SANTA CLARA, California, March 19 (Reuters) - Synopsys (SNPS.O), opens new tab, which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

Nancy Hairston once used her 3D-animation, digital-sculpting and computer-aided-design skills to help Mattel make Bratz Dolls ...

Researchers from Google have uncovered that artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially design computer chips more efficiently than human engineers. In a research paper published in Nature, Google ...

Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery health (and whether a replacement is actually needed).