The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...

AMD is expanding its processor portfolio beyond the x86 architecture with its first ARM-based APU, internally known as “Sound Wave. ” The chip’s existence was uncovered through customs import records, ...

Test kit for new AMD Soundwave Arm range is spotted in shipping manifests, suggesting AMD plans to branch beyond the x86 gaming CPU world.

ARM and x86 have been doing battle for the last decade. ARM tried to move into the server market and failed; Intel, which carries most of the x86 burden, tried to move on cellphones and failed. The ...

Back at the end of July, we had a discussion with CPU maker AMD and the topic of conversation was hybrid cloud. In the course ...

For nearly forty years, Intel has enjoyed a PC market dominated by its x86 intellectual property and has enjoyed near unanimous enforcement as it chooses. When competitors like Microsoft and ...

SINGAPORE--The x86 architecture's dominance in the PC industry will be significantly challenged as low-cost computers take a bigger footprint in the market, according to Gartner. Speaking Thursday at ...

OK I've been reading a few articles here and there about the ARM cpus over the last few months. There seem to be quite a few netbooks that use these chips, and the varous smartphones and tablets. And ...

ARM processors could potentially coexist with x86 processors from Intel or Advanced Micro Devices in server environments, with the use case being similar to CPUs and graphics processors in some ...

In 2005, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would transition Macs to use PC-standard Intel x86 processors. Fifteen years later, Apple appears poised to make another CPU shift that could prove to be far ...

In 2005 Apple shocked the Mac community when it announced that Macs would be moving from IBM PowerPC CPUs to Intel processors. In retrospect, it was the only way to keep Macs relevant in a red-hot PC ...