Neowin News Feed for: X86-64

Intel kills 64-bit only x86S designed around modern Windows and other OS

Sayan Sen — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:34:01 +0000

Intel has killed the 64-bit only x86S CPU specification it was planning to do aligned with modern OS like Windows 11. Read more...

Linus Torvalds: AMD Intel's x86 levels are "completely broken garbage" that "needs to die"

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:40:01 +0000

Linus Torvalds feels like the microarchitectural levels in AMD and Intel's CPUs are based on a "completely broken model" that "needs to die." Read more...

AMD, Intel go from worst enemies to best friends to upgrade x86 and ward off the Arm scare

Sayan Sen — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:30:01 +0000

AMD and Intel has announced today the formation of the new x86 ecosystem advisory group to improvement the overall x86 architecture and product ecosystem. Read more...

Intel wants feeback for a proposed 64-bit only CPU architecture called x86S

John Callaham — Sat, 20 May 2023 20:57:11 +0000

The proposed x86S CPU architecture from Intel would ditch support for 32-bit apps and operating systems entirely in favor of 64-bit software, but it could support older apps with virtualization. Read more...

AMD: Biggest Microprocessor Evolution Since x86-64

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:59:16 +0000

Phil Hester, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest maker of central processing units, said at a conference that the integration of graphics processing units (GPUs) into central processing units will... Read more...

Intel Confirms and Denies x86-64 Processors

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:00:36 +0000

The worlds No.1 chipmaker this week reportedly confirmed existence of its own 64-bit x86 microprocessor, but then denied the reality of any Intel's x86-64 CPU, when asked for clarification. Investor's Business Daily on Wednesday published... Read more...

Intel confirms existence of X86-64 Yamhill chip

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:03:26 +0000

A report on Investor's Business Daily has quoted an Intel representative as confirming the existence of an X86-64 chip. Such a processor would be similar to AMD's Athlon 64 family. The report quotes Intel representative... Read more...

Microsoft calls AMD X86-64 operating system Anvil

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:03:22 +0000

WE SAW versions of Microsoft's X86-64 operating system running on AMD chips at CeBIT in March, despite naysayers who wouldn't have it that such a creature existed. But now we have absolute confirmation that there... Read more...

Intel secret X86-64 project still on the go

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:28:09 +0000

THE END OF A cunning Intel plan to develop an X86-64 microprocessor is not yet nigh, according to sources a micron away from the chip giant. The secret project – first revealed here in the... Read more...

Low Yields to Stop x86-64 Processors from Becoming Popular

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:07:12 +0000

Thanks xStainDx...There are a lot of concerns in regards availability and pricing of AMD's next generation x86-64 processors these days. Since AMD has been postponing their code-named K8 aka Hammer CPUs for ages now, a... Read more...

MandrakeSoft cooperates with AMD to support x86-64

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:44:07 +0000

Thanks Jam. MandrakeSoft announced they are cooperating with AMD to port Mandrake Linux to the forthcoming eighth-generation AMD AthlonTM and AMD OpteronTM processor-based platforms. Delivering on its commitment to innovative development in... Read more...