I keep reading here and elsewhere about how a 64 bit processor doesn't offer any inherently better performance over a 32 bit one, and that makes sense to me. Except for the case of 64 bit floating ...

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Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...

A friend came by the other day. He is planning to buy a new laptop and he wanted my advice. He’s an avid gamer and wants to get the fastest machine he can afford. He travels several months out of the ...

The new server CPU, code-named Montecito, will be platform and software-compatible with current 64-bit chips, said Michael Fister, vice president and general manager of Intel's Enterprise Platforms ...

Nashua N.H. — NextCom LLC’s new extreme computing architecture called “Flextreme,” leverages open standards, small form factors, and mobility with AMD Opteron 32- and 64-bit computing. What sets ...

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 ...

Operating systems (OS) are the intermediary between computer hardware and software, an essential piece of any digital device. Much like an orchestra conductor, they ensure harmonious communication ...

The Raspberry Pi is arguably the world's most successful and accessible computer platform that anyone can program. The Raspberry Pi foundation has now launched the Pi 3, an upgraded model for the same ...

Sipeed’s new LicheeRV is a tiny computer-on-a-module featuring a 64-bit RISC-V processor, 512MB of RAM, a microSD card for storage and a USB-C port for power and/or debugging. While the tiny computer ...

Imagination Technologies hopes to catch up with ARM and Intel in the mobile space with its first MIPS 64-bit processor core design, which could be in tablets and smartphones by 2016. Processors based ...