In a move that has a significant part of the internet flashing back to the innocent days of 2001 when Intel launched its Itanium architecture as a replacement for the then 32-bit only x86 architecture ...

For most people, you turn on your computer, and it starts the operating system. However, the reality is much more complex as [Thasso] discovered. Even modern x86 chips start in 16-bit real mode and ...

According to a study published by In-Stat’s "Microprocessor Report," AMD and Intel’s 64-bit implementations are not 100% compatible. Close inspection of the architecture used by both companies shows ...