CPU architectures in a single system, whether that is a single system-on-chip (SoC) or a larger electronics platform ...

CPU fanatics and EE's alike have been ringing the death knell for x86 since, well, x86 came out. In the not so distant past, one could make a name for oneself by writing insane diatribes on how x86 ...

Regular readers will recall that we wrote about Intel's X86S proposal awhile back. That was merely in the concept stages, but it's an idea to shed a lot of the legacy cruft from x86-compatible ...

Why it matters: Intel is gearing up for what the company considers the "next major step" in the evolution of the original x86 instruction set architecture (ISA). The Santa Clara corporation is ...

AMD has already announced that it plans to build ARM and x86 cores on a common platform going forward -- but what if that's just the first step in the company's long-term plan? We examine the case for ...

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...

Can it topple x86 and Arm, or is the gap too wide to close? Feature RISC-V has been talked up as a challenger to Arm and x86, offering an open royalty-free architecture that promises flexibility and ...

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In a nutshell: The Windows Insider program offers Microsoft fans the opportunity to act as unpaid beta testers for the latest OS developments. While Redmond rarely introduces major changes to how ...

Arm Holdings plc, or "arm", was once considered a vendor of processors designed for embedded and low-power systems, but those days are well past at this point. Having conquered mobile some time ago, ...