The K5 (1996) is important in AMD history as it was its first independently designed x86 processor.

Standardizing APX doubles the GPR count to 32, resulting in 10% fewer loads and 20% fewer stores, without significantly ...

The fact that modern-day x86 processors still pretty much support the same operating systems and software as their ancestors did is quite a feat. Much of this effort had already been accomplished with ...

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...

The first major fruits of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group (EAG) have come in the form of ACE, a new set of matrix ...

A leaked Geekbench 6 result tied to a previously unseen Mac model identifier has reignited the debate over ARM versus x86 processor performance in laptops. The entry, logged under the model ...

In just one quarter of sales, AMD has gone from being within striking distance of claiming a third of the overall x86 CPU market to exceeding it. As it has done for years, and more earnestly since the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. It takes a significant market disruption to bring fierce competitors like Intel and AMD ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...

The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...