CPUs that process 64 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 32. Today's desktop and laptop computers are mostly 64-bit machines; however, there are countless 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit ...

Although AMD and Apple are hot on the trail of 64-bit chips for desktops, Intel won't go down that path for years, say top researchers at the company. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...

San Jose, Calif. – Consumers will get their hands on 64-bit computers — that much is certain. The only question is when. A panel of industry heavyweights Wednesday gathered here at the Platform ...

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. hopes to one-up industry giant Intel Corp. this week with a 64-bit microprocessor for PCs. When AMD unveils the Athlon 64 on Tuesday, it will be the first 64-bit ...

Advanced Micro Devices wants to give you something Intel can't. The chipmaker unveiled its Athlon 64 processor on Tuesday at a San Francisco event hosted by CEO Hector Ruiz. Along with added ...

An operating system that is designed to work in a computer that processes 64 bits at a time. Most personal computers today are 64-bit, and mobile devices are expected to begin using 64-bit CPUs in the ...

Intel CEO Craig Barrett officially reversed his company’s long-standing stance that 64-bit computer processors have no place in consumer PCs, with the announcement on Feb. 17 that Intel will introduce ...

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. today (June 23) jointly introduced what the companies claim is the world's first 64-bit desktop processor. The new PowerPC G5 is based on IBM's ...

Earlier this year I wrote about Pale Moon, a version of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser that’s optimized for extra speed on Windows. Besides its focus on speed, another interesting difference in ...

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Free and open-source virtualization tool VirtualBox recently released a 2.0 version that includes a few major upgrades. Most importantly, 2.0 supports running 64-bit ...