Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...

Unlike most areas of the technology business, 64-bit computing has somehow remained immune to the forces of commodity competition. Most 64-bit systems have historically been tied to proprietary ...

I've waited quite some time to take a look at x86-64, because I wasn't too enthused about it when it was first announced. But the more I've read about it, the more I've come around, and at this point ...

Of course, Apple hopped on the 64-bit bandwagon back in June 2003 when it announced the Power Macintosh G5. This week's Mac.Ars asks why 64-bit computing matters and what Apple needs to do with its 64 ...

Microsoft Corp. fleshed out its road map for transitioning customers to 64-bit computing and unveiled updates to several of its management and server products at its IT Forum 2005 conference in ...

Microsoft’s main outlet for information on 64-bit Windows computing, this site includes a link for downloading an evaluation copy of the vendor’s first 64-bit operating system, Windows 2000 Advanced ...

IT is rediscovering a simple but nearly forgotten principle: Throughput and capacity are everything. It hardly matters how fast the processor is if, like a Ferrari in city traffic, it bogs down every ...

Advanced Micro Devices and Apple Computer will likely tout that they can deliver 64-bit computing to desktops this year, but Intel is in no hurry. Two of the company's top researchers said that a lack ...

Microchip has launched the first devices in its PIC64 High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (PIC64-HPSC) family of microprocessors. These multicore 64-bit RISC-V processors, which Microchip is ...

Although AMD and Apple are hot on the trail of 64-bit chips for desktops, Intel won't go down that path for years, say top researchers at the company. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...