Neowin News Feed for: X86

NVIDIA announces $5 billion investment in Intel to build AI chips and data centers

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:14:02 +0000

NVIDIA and Intel have announced a major partnership where NVIDIA will invest $5 billion in Intel to jointly develop multiple generations of custom chips for data centers and personal computers. Read more...

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...

Qualcomm planning to bring Snapdragon X series chips to more affordable Windows laptops

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:08:01 +0000

Qualcomm is expanding its presence in the PC market with new Snapdragon chips targeting every segment, from entry-level to premium. 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...

AMD to lose the AVX-512 upper hand thanks to Intel's new AVX10, new APX makes 64-bit better

Sayan Sen — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:02:01 +0000

After recently proposing x86S 64-bit only CPUs, Intel today introduces AVX10 which brings AVX-512 to its E-cores as well. The company is also debuting a new APX ISA that doubles GPRs. Read more...

Rufus fixes Windows ISO crash, warns for vulnerable UEFI bootloaders, adds FFU, ZIP64

Sayan Sen — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 08:16:01 +0000

The latest version of Rufus brings multiple new and interesting features. These include the likes of FFU, ZIP64, and more. Alongside that, there are improvements to VHDX and ISO crash fixes too. 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...

Microsoft fixed major registry, 32-bit app update bugs with Windows 11 (KB5022913) Moment 2

Sayan Sen — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:56:01 +0000

Alongside the previously announced changes to the Moment 2 update (KB5022913), Microsoft has since, quietly, added some more points to the changelog, highlighting some major bug fixes. Read more...

References to Windows 10 on ARM emulation support for 64-bit Intel apps spotted on GitHub

Abhay V — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:26:01 +0000

We exclusively reported last year that Microsoft is working on support for 64-bit Intel (x86) apps for Windows 10 on ARM. Now, a code commit on GitHub by Microsoft further confirms those efforts. Read more...

Exclusive: Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation to Windows on ARM

Rich Woods — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:16:01 +0000

Current Windows on ARM PCs can only run native ARM64 apps and emulated 32-bit Intel apps, but that's all going to change. Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit emulation to the platform. Read more...

Microsoft video shows Windows on ARM running full Windows 10 and x86 apps

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 11 May 2017 20:54:02 +0000

Following through on its promise to bring full x86 app emulation for Windows on ARM, Microsoft today showcased the ability at Build 2017, allowing users to utilise the x86 library on mobile devices. Read more...

Raspberry Pi PIXEL desktop environment now available for PC and Macintosh

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:44:01 +0000

The Raspberry Pi team has brought its PIXEL desktop to all x86 machines in an effort to make its software more accessible to everyone, even those who can't acquire the hardware for $35. Read more...

Watch: Microsoft's WinHEC keynote is now available, including Windows 10 on ARM announcement

Andy Weir — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:10:01 +0000

You can now watch the video from Microsoft's keynote this week, at which it revealed plans to bring the full Windows 10 OS to ARM devices with x86 app support, along with other major announcements. Read more...

Microsoft and Qualcomm to bring full Windows 10 OS and x86 desktop apps to mobile devices

Andy Weir — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:20:01 +0000

Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced a partnership to support a new range of Windows 10 PCs including "cellular PCs" that are able to run "x86 Win32 and universal Windows apps, including Photoshop". Read more...

Microsoft expected to bring x86 app emulation to Windows 10 Mobile with Redstone 3 update

Andy Weir — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:32:01 +0000

Details have emerged of Microsoft's plans to bring x86 emulation to Windows 10 Mobile devices with ARM64 processors. Known as 'Cobalt', the functionality is expected to arrive with Redstone 3 in 2017. Read more...

UDOO planning to bring x86 Arduino-compatible maker board to market

Boyd Chan — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:28:01 +0000

In a move away from its original ARM-based boards, UDOO is launching an Intel-based maker board compatible with Arduino 101 shields and capable of running Linux, Windows or Android. Read more...

Windows 10 desktop on ARM and Win32 Mobile support tipped in new Microsoft documentation

John Devon — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has published testing documentation listing 'Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise and Education) ARM' and 'Windows 10 Mobile x86', hinting at some intriguing possibilities. Read more...

You may one day be able to run Win32 apps on your Continuum-powered phone

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 03:32:01 +0000

Microsoft's Kevin Gallo has indicated at 'Connect 2015' conference, that the company is looking into allowing users the ability to run Win32 apps on Windows 10 Mobile with Continuum. Read more...

Security vulnerability found in old Intel x86 chips

Shreyas Gandhe — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:06:01 +0000

Pre-2010 microprocessors from Intel based on the x86 architecture have been found to contain a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to make undetectable malware for the system. Read more...

AMD reveals Project Skybridge; x86 and ARM chips sharing a motherboard

John Callaham — Mon, 05 May 2014 21:51:54 +0000

AMD has announced the first details of "Project Skybridge" which will allow for future x86 and ARM processors from the company to become pin-compatible with the same motherboard. Read more...

AMD reveals embedded roadmap for new x86 processors and first ARM chips

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:34:50 +0000

AMD has announced its embedded processor roadmap plans for 2014, revealing details about its upcoming x86 APU chips as well as its first processors that will use an ARM design. Read more...

AMD executive confirms company will make ARM chips

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:02:31 +0000

AMD's corporate vice president and general manager of its embedded solutions group confirmed the chip maker will develop and manufacture ARM chips going forward as part of a new strategy. Read more...

Wine demoed on Android, runs Windows apps

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:46:40 +0000

At FOSDEM, an early-stage port of Wine has been shown running on Android, bringing the capabilities to emulate Windows software to Google's OS that primarily runs on ARM-based hardware Read more...

Intel hiring Windows Phone engineers

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:53:11 +0000

Intel is currently hiring engineers with Windows Phone experience, possibly for the development of some sort of future Windows Phone device powered by one of Intel's x86 processors Read more...

Intel CEO slams Windows 8 ARM-based devices

John Callaham — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:07:41 +0000

In an address today, Intel CEO Paul Otellini slammed the prospect of Windows 8 devices running on ARM-based chips, saying Intel-based PCs will have the "advantage of the legacy support." Read more...

Intel Q1 financials: $12.91b revenue, $2.7b income

Alfonso Maruccia — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:06:59 +0000

Intel's first quarter has been a solid start, said CEO Paul Otellini: the company beat Wall Street's predictions and is foreseeing a year of growth thanks to x86 smartphones and tri-gate chips. Read more...

Windows 8 PCs coming by end of 2012 from HP

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:58:31 +0000

HP CEO Meg Whitman said today during the company's quarterly conference call that HP "will be well positioned on Windows 8 x86 by the holidays", which seems to confirm a target date for Microsoft's OS Read more...

Metro version of Microsoft Office in development

Andy Weir — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:31:49 +0000

While x86 programs won't run on Windows 8 on ARM hardware, Microsoft confirms that a full version of its Office suite will be available for ARM - and a Metro style implementation is on the cards. Read more...

Windows 8: Microsoft reaffirms ARM won't run x86 apps

Brad Sams — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:33:16 +0000

Microsoft has reaffirmed that x86 applications won't run on ARM products. This information was clarified once again after an ambiguous quote back in May caused some to speculate that this was true. Read more...

Google and Intel team up for Android x86 support

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0000

At the Intel Developer Forum today, Intel and Google announced it would team up to add Android support for Intel-based X86 processors. That should allow for smartphones with Intel chips inside. Read more...

BlueStacks to work on Android runtime environment for Windows [Update]

James Woodfin — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:56:39 +0000

A startup company may have figured a way to have native Android Apps on Microsoft’s OS. The company, called BlueStacks, is developing what they call a native runtime environment for Android on Windows. The... Read more...

Intel: "ARM can't run legacy apps on Windows 8"

Denis Wong — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:31:14 +0000

Should Intel be concerned over the end of the "Wintel" era? For the past decade, the strong duo of Intel processors and Windows operating systems dominated 90% of computers worldwide, although now the domination is... Read more...