Ubuntu 25.10 now offers amd64v3 optimised packages. What does x86-64-v3 mean for your CPU, and will the modest performance improvements be noticeable?

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 ...

By running production workloads simultaneously on x86 and Arm, Google is signaling a new era of hardware neutrality and accelerating Arm’s growing role in hyperscale cloud environments.

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 ...

Intel on Monday quietly marked the 25-year anniversary of x86, the basic architecture underlying the chips that power most of today's PCs. Intel's first x86-based chip, the 5MHz 8086, was introduced ...

Storied rivals Intel and AMD have formed an industry group dedicated to "[shaping] the future of the world's most widely used computing architecture." The two companies announced the x86 advisory ...

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 ...

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have created an advisory group, including members from other technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms, to shape the future of the x86 computer ...

Last week during Intel's fiscal fourth quarter earnings call, CEO Paul Otellini said Intel is well-positioned to place its x86 architecture, which powers the majority of traditional PC systems, inside ...

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, ...

Huawei has been cut off from most of the major CPU architectures in existence. If the company can't negotiate its way out of the problem, what practical recourse does it have? Share on Facebook (opens ...