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Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge

April 3, 2007 With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it.Images: 35 years of Intel chip design TAGS: Intel x86, x86 processor, AMD, Intel, IBM Corp., server, PC

Torvalds switches to Apple

March 9, 2005 Linux figure says his main desktop is no longer an x86 machine. He wanted to "check out the other side." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Intel x86, Linux, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh

Intel readies massive multicore processors

June 14, 2007 Researchers work to mask intricate functionality of up-to-80-core chips, so hardware and software makers can more easily adapt to them. TAGS: multi-core processor, Intel x86, Intel, San Diego, researcher, programming, PC

Intel shows off 80-core processor

February 11, 2007 The chip unveiled at IDF works, but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome before an 80-core chip shows up in a living room. TAGS: transistor, Intel, memory chip, Intel x86, manufacturing, researcher, operating system, server, PC

Intel scraps once-crucial Itanium feature

January 19, 2006 The next Itanium chip will no longer include a feature that Intel once banked on, but that never proved successful. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel IA-32, Montecito, Intel Xeon, Intel x86, HP PA-RISC, Intel Itanium 2, x86 processor, Intel, real estate, manual, software company, server, HP, AMD, operating system

Sun: Four years to go in x86 transformation

April 17, 2006 Sun is earnest about x86 servers, but has years of work before they're fully integrated into its business. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, transformation, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, server, AMD, Intel

HP updates servers with latest Opterons

March 16, 2006 Hewlett-Packard updates its ProLiant line of x86-based servers with the latest 2.6GHz Opteron processors from AMD. TAGS: AMD Opteron, blade server, HP Compaq ProLiant, Intel x86, blade, server, AMD, HP

Intel: x86 won't encroach on Itanium

March 8, 2005 Despite Itanium's rough start and the success of the x86 family, Intel says Itanium has a future in big-iron servers. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Pat Gelsinger, x86 processor, Martin Reynolds, Intel x86, Intel, Gartner Inc., server, Intel Pentium, AMD

AMD files antitrust suit against Intel

June 28, 2005 The 48-page complaint charges Intel with scare tactics and coercion in the latest fight over the x86-based PCs. TAGS: antitrust, Intergraph Corp., AMD, Intel, investigation, chip company, Intel x86, complaint, agency, Japan, CEO, California, PC

Google releases Picasa for Linux

May 26, 2006 Free download of software that allows basic editing, sharing, organizing of photographs. TAGS: Google Picasa, Google Inc., Intel x86, Linux, photograph

Big Blue's big-iron x86 backer

January 23, 2006 IBM's xSeries chief, Susan Whitney, talks with CNET News.com about her big-iron strategy, IBM's coolness toward AMD and more. TAGS: x86 server, Intel Xeon, Intel x86, IBM eServer BladeCenter, business computing, IBM Corp., IBM xSeries, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, AMD Opteron, blade server, server, SAP AG, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, blade

Sun's x86 strategist steers straight ahead

January 25, 2006 Sun's John Fowler navigates a tricky transition as he guns for growth in x86 servers this year. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, AMD Opteron, Sun UltraSPARC, Jonathan Schwartz, small and medium business, server, AMD, president, Linux

Galaxy remakes Sun's server strategy

September 12, 2005 Company unveils first in Galaxy server family, a key piece of its push to restore its reputation, business health. Photos: Sun's new star servers TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, server market, AMD Opteron, reputation, x86 server, Sun UltraSPARC, Unix, server, AMD

Itanium: A cautionary tale

December 7, 2005 The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry. TAGS: Intel Itanium, HP PA-RISC, x86 processor, microprocessor, Gartner Inc., Intel x86, Intel, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, IBM Corp., server, HP

DMCA axes sites discussing Mac OS for PCs

February 17, 2006 Two water-cooler sites for hackers are down this morning, and one of them has credited the DMCA with the outage. TAGS: DMCA, Intel x86, Apple Mac OS, hacker, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X, Intel, operating system, forum, PC

AMD focuses on 'x86 Everywhere'

June 10, 2005 CEO Ruiz says he's pleased with the company's "irreversible progress" as it recommits to 64-bit chips. TAGS: AMD Opteron, Intel x86, computer chip, AMD, microprocessor, dual-core, semiconductor, manufacturing, AMD Athlon, laser, 64-bit, Intel, CEO, server, PC

Intel and AMD: A long history in court

June 28, 2005 Monday's suit doesn't mark the first time AMD has accused Intel of antitrust violations. We look back at the companies' legal tangles. TAGS: Intergraph Corp., antitrust, AMD, monopoly, x86 processor, microprocessor, Intel, Intel x86, suit, court, history, AMD Athlon, Japan, agreement, IBM Corp., PC

IBM Unix servers get x86 Linux apps

April 24, 2007 Big Blue is taking a new approach to try to lure Linux customers to its Power-based servers. TAGS: IBM Unix server, Linux software, IBM Corp., Intel x86, x86 server, Unix server, IBM PowerPC, Linux, x86 processor, Intel Itanium, server, Intel

Intel to extend x86 for new tasks

September 27, 2006 Future-generation "Penryn" chips will include new instructions to speed search, math and multimedia. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, Intel x86, general manager, instruction, Intel, extension, task, multimedia, AMD

Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic

December 21, 2004 The Linux leader calls the rival open-source operating system from Sun Microsystems a "joke." TAGS: Sun Solaris, Linus Torvalds, Sun Solaris 10, Linux, Intel x86, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, programmer, open source, Unix, leader, operating system
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