SAN JOSE, Calif. — The microprocessor industry is in a consolidation phase and should rally around extending the x86 architecture to new market spaces, especially for network and handheld systems, ...

The balance of power in high-performance computing is tilting toward tightly fused CPU-GPU designs, and two old rivals are ...

While Intel and Advanced Micro Devices battle for the top two spots in the x86 microprocessor market, the third player, Via Technologies, saw a slip in its already-marginal market share, but it isn’t ...

Arm versus x86 is a battle for the ages. And 2025 was meant to be the year that Arm chips finally made inroads into the PC ...

The company again recorded gains in both client and server segments quarterly and yearly. Dean McCarron of Mercury Research noted that x86 processor shipments aligned with typical seasonal trends in ...

China’s Loongson Technology has designed two 64-bit, quad-core Mips processors that can also execute code based on the x86 (Intel-compatible) and ARM architectures. That’s a unique twist in the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The rumors have once again surfaced that Nvidia Corp. may enter the x86-based microprocessor market. For some time, there have been reports that Nvidia would enter the x86-based ...

NEW YORK--Advanced Micro Devices plans to expand its family of processors based on the x86 architecture to fit a broader range of computing devices. The chipmaker will launch its Athlon64, a new ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Centaur Technology revealed the technology behind its outstanding results on the MLPerf 1 inference benchmarks, which were officially certified on a development system ...