In semiconductors, architecture refers to the instruction set architecture (ISA), a detailed set of rules and specifications governing how a chip processes data and executes instructions. This ISA ...

The Android operating system is built to run on three different types of processor architecture: Arm, Intel x86, and MIPS. The former is today’s ubiquitous architecture after Intel abandoned its ...

x86, the mainstream instruction set architecture for PC CPUs, originated from the Intel 8086 processor and has been in use for 46 years. Technology blog Hackaday claims that x86 will be extinct in the ...

However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single system, whether that is a single system-on-chip (SoC) or a larger electronics platform, like a PC, car or even a data center.

NEW DELHI: The RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) has the potential to open the tightly locked central processing unit (CPU) architecture, enabling startups and companies to develop chips for ...

Why it matters: Intel is gearing up for what the company considers the "next major step" in the evolution of the original x86 instruction set architecture (ISA). The Santa Clara corporation is ...

An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...

Phoronix has recently shared that the upcoming release of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is getting ready to embrace AMD's next-gen Zen 5 architecture. It's exciting to hear that Zen 5 will bring ...

ARM has some competition in the reduced-complexity chip space, and it's gaining ground quickly. RISC-V International plans to announce that silicon on the open-standard has reached 25% market ...

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 ...