Unlike most areas of the technology business, 64-bit computing has somehow remained immune to the forces of commodity competition. Most 64-bit systems have historically been tied to proprietary ...

The term x86-64v3 is once again a discussion point for Linux users, sparking curiosity and questions about its relevance to the platform. But what is it, why does it matter to Linux, and what is all ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. The planned move further blurs the distinction ...

Intel’s President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini delivered one of the company’s strongest endorsements for adding 64-bit extensions to the x86 instruction set Wednesday, but Intel still ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Answering the competitive threat from Advanced Micro Devices, Intel Corp. officially rolls out Monday (June 28) its first X86 processor capable of handling 64-bit data. Aimed at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Anyone still considering whether to update to 64-bit Linux kernels now has another big motivation ...

That would have been horrible. Itanium had 2 goals, first kill all the Unix RISC architectures in the workstation and server market and second to lock AMD out of the server and workstation and then PC ...