A friend came by the other day. He is planning to buy a new laptop and he wanted my advice. He’s an avid gamer and wants to get the fastest machine he can afford. He travels several months out of the ...

Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...

The single most striking and obvious factor surrounding the new Hammer series of chips is in supporting both 32- and 64-bit computing without having to resort to emulation, which is currently the case ...

Eric Foote is considering 64-bit Windows servers for his growing base of 4,500 users. But he’s in no big rush to make the shift from 32-bit computing. His first target application is Presentation ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron x86, 64-bit processor. In just over a year, the three major enterprise hardware vendors have built offerings around it ...

Hello, I am posting this for a friend because neither of us know much about CPUs and such.<BR><BR>Basically he has limited funding and is trying to build a computer that will last him a while. If I ...

All good under the iPhone 5S hood, say most reviews. So which color will you buy: gray, white, or gold? Apple Tested 64-Bit A7 Processor In iPhone 5S Making It Faster, With Better Graphics The tidbit ...

Forgive my newbie question. I'm trying to setup an "experimental" AMD64 linux-box at my workplace. In order to run x86-64 (native) applications, I understand you need both a 64-bit CPU (HARDWARE) and ...

The term x86-64v3 is once again a discussion point for Linux users, sparking curiosity and questions about its relevance to the platform. But what is it, why does it matter to Linux, and what is all ...