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, ...

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 ...

While arguing about programming languages with someone they asserted that Java in Windows (or x86 Linux) will always suffer a significant performance penalty compared to a SPARC architecture because ...

Nvidia and Intel have just announced an entirely unexpected joint venture -- and it's not just for data centers.

Like a leather-jacketed balloon waiting to burst, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that x86’s architecture is in danger of fragmentation, and he welcomes AMD and Intel working closer together to ...

One of the oldest ideas in humanity – and one that may have predated language as we know it – is that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Another adage is that he who has the gold makes the rules, and ...

Qualcomm has reportedly been eyeing Intel’s design operations units, particularly its client PC design business — what could this mean for the market, and x86 versus ARM chips? Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, ...