Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...

In the classic gaming world, even before the NES arrived on the scene, there was no name more ubiquitous than Atari. Their famous 2600 console sold almost as many units as the Nintendo 64, but was ...

First, some historical context is in order. Itanium was the first operating system-agnostic chip with specific features to support Windows and Linux. The others were company-specific and thus, ...

I've waited quite some time to take a look at x86-64, because I wasn't too enthused about it when it was first announced. But the more I've read about it, the more I've come around, and at this point ...

Here is a great article from Microsoft that points out the benefits of 64 bit computing and how aside from the potential need to recompile, there are few problems with running 32-bit applications on ...

It is time to start thinking about 64-bit computing with the 64-bit version of Windows Server on the horizon. Here are the top five benefits it can offer. •64-bit processors improve performance and ...

In a press conference at LinuxWorld here Monday, the Sun Microsystems chairman and CEO unveiled the vendor's new x86-based server, the LX50, which runs the Linux and Sun Solaris operating systems. "On ...

CPUs that process 32 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 64. Although 32-bit CPUs were used in mainframes as early as the 1960s, personal computers began to migrate from 16 to 32 bits in the ...

Researchers and tech companies are in a global race to develop quantum computers that can solve hard scientific problems that conventional computers can’t, and that they hope can eventually support ...

COMMENTARY--Unlike most areas of the technology business, 64-bit computing has somehow remained immune to the forces of commodity competition. Most 64-bit systems have historically been tied to ...