The researchers "conclude that at least 40% of the x86 ISA, even after excluding multimedia extensions, could be emulated ...

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 ...

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AMD to Boost Performance for Everyday Compute-Intense Multimedia, Security and High Performance Computing Applications through New Extensions to x86 Instruction Set New instruction set “SSE5” ...

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"We are working closely with AMD to enable developers to quickly and easily leverage the SSE5 instruction set to enhance high performance computing, and the multi-core and multi-media capability of ...

Few computing technologies from the late 1970s endure today, with one notable exception: the fundamental marching orders for the vast majority of the world's computers. The x86 instruction set ...

San Jose, Calif. — Advanced Micro Devices last week published the first of several plans to extend the X86 instruction set to ease the job of programming multicore processors. With the move, AMD is ...

Hello all, I have a question regarding CPU instruction sets. I have heard that the aging x86 instruction set is holding back progress, so to speak. So I was thinking about what would make a better, ...

I wrote about server appliances last week, and observed in passing that Rebel.com and Cobalt, both purveyors of Linux-based boxes, had switched from embedded RISC processors to x86-compatible chips in ...