Aimed at single- and dual-processor workstations, the CPU code named Nocona is Intel's first Xeon chip to use its 90-nm process technology, incorporate new power saving technology and come with a chip ...

- IBM, Microsoft(r) announce support for world's first 64-bit x86 processor - NEW YORK CITY-APRIL 22, 2003-AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the AMD Opteron(tm) processor, the world's first 64-bit ...

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.

LONDON CPU Technology Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.) is developing a family of 64-bit configurable processor cores designed to be used in arrays to accommodate deeply coupled computing architectures, the ...

Itanium, Intel's latest processor, is due out May 29 and represents the company's first foray into 64-bit chips. The move could help Intel-based systems compete with machines from Sun Microsystems ...

Still, a computer’s operating system and other programs must be optimized to take advantage of a 64-bit processor.

Mainstream computer chips, such as Intel's Pentium 4 and AMD's Athlon XP, are 32-bit processors. This means they can process instructions from software 32 bits at a time, while 64-bit chips can ...

China’s Loongson Technology has designed two 64-bit, quad-core Mips processors that can also execute code based on the x86 (Intel-compatible) and ARM architectures.

VIA is releasing its new x86 processor called Isaiah. The chip is deemed to perform twice as fast as VIA's current processor while maintaining the same amount of power consumption.

In 2003, AMD debuted the Opteron, its first 64-bit CPU, which was later renamed Athlon 64. Phenom processors came out in 2008. In 2017, AMD began shipping its Ryzen line based on a new Zen ...

PITTSBURGH – November 8, 2004 – CPU Technology, Inc.® (CPU TECH), a leading edge provider of high performance computing solutions, today announced at the SC2004 Conference the launch of ...

As I understand it, you can still run 32-bit applications on the proposed 64-bit only processors. But that would have to happen under some sort of virtualization, i.e. a 64-bit OS providing a ...