With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it. Images: 35 years of Intel chip design Tom Krazit writes about ...

x86 CPUs face competition from Arm CPUs in personal and commercial computer markets. Transition to Arm CPUs may lead to Windows laptops with longer battery life and improved performance. Running ...

So Microsoft has a new implementation of their own version of Rosetta called Prism, and apparently they're pretty confident about it. Unlike previous attempts, the performance of x86 Windows software ...

They let developers create software that supports 64-bit x86 chips--important in making the new generation of chips useful. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

When the HP Elite x3 launched earlier this year, we lamented its likely legacy as the last great Windows 10 phone. It stood alone as the embodiment of Microsoft’s PC-as-phone vision at a time when ...

Apple Silicon since last year has reignited the old discussion of Arm vs. x86. I will show that this discussion is completely irrelevant for investors. To Apple's credit, M1 silicon is fast and power ...

Designing a µP isn't very difficult. Designing a µP that executes the same instruction set as an existing device, but doesn't copy that device's circuitry or microcode, is far trickier. It's still ...

HP has said it will add x86 capabilities to its Itanium-based range of servers, in a project code-named Odyssey. The scheme, announced by the company on Wednesday, will see HP develop software and ...

With the next Itanium chip, Intel has abandoned a feature it once banked on but that never proved successful, CNET News.com has learned. Circuitry to let Itanium run software for x86 chips, such as ...

Next week, Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference is expected to detail a migration away from Intel's x86 chips to new processors of Apple's own design. Here's how that could dramatically affect ...