Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake architecture might reintroduce powerful instruction set extensions long absent from its consumer lineup. Updates to the Netwide Assembler (NASM) and related toolchains hint ...

As David Patterson observed in 1980, “A RISC potentially gains in speed merely from a simpler design.” Patterson’s principle of simplicity underpins a new alternative to speculation: A deterministic, ...

Ubuntu 25.10 now offers amd64v3 optimised packages. What does x86-64-v3 mean for your CPU, and will the modest performance improvements be noticeable?

According to experts, inferencing will account for the lion's share of AI calculations. Qualcomm is seizing the opportunity ...

The Am9080 arrived in mass production in 1975 as AMD's version of Intel's 8080 – an instruction-set-compatible implementation built on AMD's own n-channel MOS process rather ...

NextSilicon, an Israeli startup backed by more than $300 million in funding, is advancing its challenge to the dominance of Nvidia, Intel, and AMD in high-performance ...

Intel may exclude AVX10, APX, and AMX extensions from its Nova Lake CPUs, potentially hindering performance in some ...

ARM is redefining AI efficiency with RISC-based designs, Neoverse CPUs and a new chip division set to power sustainable intelligent computing.

When Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was pictured with the research team at IIT Madras earlier this month, it signalled the ...

Intel and AMD have announced four new technical standards aimed at strengthening the x86 architecture. The group was established to improve compatibility, simplify development, and expand the ...

During GlobalFoundries’ Technology Summit in Munich, Germany, on October 15, a new MIPS chip design was unveiled, the I8500, ...

Intel has unveiled its most ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap to date, featuring the next-generation Panther Lake AI PC processor, Clearwater Forest server processor, and a comprehensive ...