CPUs that process 128 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16, 32 or 64 bits. There are no 128-bit CPUs on the market and there may never be because there is no practical reason for doubling the ...

Do you remember the jump from 8-bit to 16-bit computing in the 1980s, and the jump from 16-bit to 32-bit platforms in the 1990s? Well, here we go again. We double up again, this time leaping from ...

In a nutshell: Intel has unveiled the latest revision of its pared-down X86S instruction set architecture. Version 1.2 takes the trimming trend further by axing multiple 16-bit and 32-bit features. It ...

A program that runs in a 16-bit environment. It typically referred to a program that was written for a DOS or Windows 3.1 PC in contrast with a 32-bit version that was written for Windows 95/98 or ...

Over on YouTube [The 8-Bit Guy] shows us how the TI-99/4A home computer worked. [The 8-Bit Guy] runs us through this odd ...

Processors Ex-Intel engineers are developing the 'biggest, baddest CPU in the world' by targeting IPC, not clockspeed or core counts Linux Developers of Linux distro Fedora propose dropping 32-bit ...

Advanced Micro Devices has licensed an advanced architecture from MIPS Technologies to boost its new embedded chips division, which makes processors for devices such as handheld computers and ...

Arm Holdings will unveil new plans for processing cores that support 64-bit computing within the next few weeks, and has already shown samples at private viewings, sources close to the company said at ...