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 … ...

Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPU package will pack x86 compute cores, SoC, and I/O dies all on the single interposer, with Intel proudly declaring Meteor Lake is the lead product for ...

Labelled Intel 80386 die shot. (Credit: Ken Shirriff) Using die shots of the 386’s registers and surrounding silicon, it’s possible to piece together how backwards compatibility was implemented.

CPU fanatics and EE's alike have been ringing the death knell for x86 since, well, x86 came out. In the not so distant past, one could make a name for oneself by writing insane diatribes on how ...

Over 90% of the world's computers and servers are still using the x86 ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) introduced by Intel in 1978. Many have tried to come up with an alternative, but nothing ...

Snapdragon X Elite. The X Elite has up to twice the performance vs. a 12-core x86 CPU and offers up to 66% better power efficiency. Based on the Oryon CPU architecture acquired from Nuvia, the ...

Nvidia has showcased RTX graphics running on ARM CPUs as a way of highlighting the potential performance non-x86 processors can offer to consumers -- and to make the point that gaming does not ...

AMD’s 64-bit version of the x86 architecture will only add three per cent more die area compared to an equivalent 32-bit design, the firm has claimed. The first x86-64 processor core, codenamed Hammer ...

CPU fanatics and EE's alike have been ringing the death knell for x86 since, well, x86 came out. In the not so distant past, one could make a name for oneself by writing insane diatribes on how ...