Deep within your computer is a blueprint that specifies a certain “language” of machine instructions it can understand and ...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and AMD CEO Lisa Su have joined forces to create the x86 Ecosystem Advisory ... [+] Group to influence the future direction of the dominant microprocessor architecture.

‘We support the x86. The x86 is very important to us. We support it for PCs, workstations, data centers. And so the fact that the architecture was fragmenting isn’t good for the ...

Could the fifth generation of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) dethrone the long-established advanced RISC machine ...

Parallels Desktop, a popular application for running Windows and Linux virtual machines on Mac, can now run 64-bit x86 ...

[Michael Kohn] started programming on the Motorola 68000 architecture and then, for work reasons, moved over to the Intel x86 and was not exactly pleased by the latter chip’s perceived shortcomings.

While the company is now focusing on other priorities, it remains "deeply" committed to the x86 architecture, as demonstrated by its willingness to collaborate with historical competitors like AMD.

Intel has officially discontinued its x86S specification initiative, marking a significant shift in its strategy for the x86 instruction set architecture. This decision follows the establishment ...

Intel and AMD said several tech giants are backing their new effort to expand the ecosystem for the x86 instruction set architecture at the heart of their dueling CPU businesses. The Santa Clara ...