They let developers create software that supports 64-bit x86 chips--important in making the new generation of chips useful.

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 architect… ...

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 ...

Intel has released a whitepaper outlining a way to simplify its CPU architectures by removing legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support, therefore making them 64-bit only.

Although the 64-bit x86 architectures from AMD and Intel are almost identical, in some cases programs written for one chipset may not run properly on the other, according to a report issued Monday by ...

Nowadays more and more mobile end-user devices are powered by 64-bit architecture. Using 64-bit Android* is a great way to gain access to the market. This article will introduce Android on Intel ...

Firmware in the IA-64 architecture has grown greatly in complexity. Fromrelatively well-contained modules in Intel's 32-bit architectures, IA-64 firmware hasbecome a three-tentacled technical beast ...

Intel has begun selling programming tools that let developers create software that supports 64-bit x86 chips, an important step in making the new generation of processors useful.

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.