As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots in Intel’s early 8086 processor, the first in the family. Indeed, even the original 8086 inherits a ...

Editor's take: Intel is navigating a pivotal moment in its decades-long history. The company that invented the CPU is currently without a CEO, laying off thousands of workers, and losing ground to AMD ...

Forward-looking: After being beaten by AMD in introducing the first, truly 64-bit instruction set in the x86 CPU world, Intel is now trying to get ahead of its historical competitor by working on a ...

Intel Corporation’s Q2 earning report and its recently announced transition toward a 64-bit-only X86S architecture are more than bullish catalysts. They are also a key milestone of its turnaround plan ...

In a move that has a significant part of the internet flashing back to the innocent days of 2001 when Intel launched its Itanium architecture as a replacement for the then 32-bit only x86 architecture ...

Well-known Apple -focused blogger John Gruber recently made a statement that caught a lot of people's attention. Following the launch of the Apple iPad Pro, which uses an Apple-designed A9X processor, ...

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Intel has been working towards fulfilling its "five nodes in four years" strategy since 2021, culminating in 2025 with the Intel 18A process and the Panther Lake mobile architecture. Beyond that, ...

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced on Tuesday that the two have team up to form what they are calling an x86 ecosystem advisory group. The two semiconductor giants, who are the primary ...

Microsoft’s next Xbox, which could get an initial unveiling as early as next month, will use an AMD system-on-a-chip according to a new Bloomberg report. The new AMD SoC will mean that Microsoft is ...

While x86 has been dominant for decades, a new migration project at Google represents a significant shift to more mixed architectures. The tech giant has released the technical details of its ongoing ...