Here on Hackaday, we’re generally designers of hacks that live in the real world. Nevertheless, I’m convinced that some of the most interesting feats are at the mercy of what’s possible in software, ...

If you talk to anyone with a smartphone or a laptop, you’ll inevitably hear them gripe about the “slow software” or the “spinning wheel.” But do they complain about the processor or other chips in the ...

Even when you start with a genuinely great idea, moving from software development to designing and building physical tech products isn’t a simple shift. It not only requires your team to learn new ...

From the earliest days of my career, when designing chips, I have always navigated the interface between hardware and software for semiconductor design in my roles. My initial chip designs included ...

Hardware/software partitioning algorithms are fundamental in the design of modern embedded systems, where the allocation of functionalities between hardware accelerators and software components is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. To say we’re at an inflection point of the technological era may ...

Adobe has ventured where few software companies have gone. It’s now in the hardware business with the debut of Adobe Ink & Slide, a digital tablet pen and ruler set for Apple’s iPad linked to the ...

Hybrid disk drives combine flash and rotating magnetic storage in a single box, but there is more than one way to manage the cache that flash brings to the table, depending on how the drive is ...

In the cryptosphere, a wallet is as much needed as a regular one for holding bank notes. However, it isn’t a leather wallet where one keeps fiat or plastic money; it is a wallet where one can store ...

The first F-35 upgraded with Technology Refresh 3 hardware and software flies above the Mojave Desert in California, January 6, 2023, in its first test flight from Edwards Air Force Base. (Air Force) ...