Running a debugger like gdb with real-mode 16-bit code on the x86 platform is not the easiest thing to do, but incredibly useful when it comes to analyzing BIOS firmware and DOS software. Although ...

Boston provides the tools to port x86 code to ARM, which can then be tested over the cloud, reducing the need to buy an ARM server ARM processors are used mostly in smartphones, but Boston Limited is ...

China’s Loongson Technology has designed two 64-bit, quad-core Mips processors that can also execute code based on the x86 (Intel-compatible) and ARM architectures. That’s a unique twist in the ...

Microsoft is bringing ARM support to Windows 10--only this time, ARM devices will run x86 code at near-native speed, thanks to a clever emulation layer. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

Remix OS is a custom version of Google Android designed to run on desktop and notebook computers. While it’s based on open source software, the operating system itself is not fully open source… but as ...

Officially, Intel's Itanium chips and their IA-64 architecture died back in 2021, when the company shipped its last processors. But failed technology often dies a million little deaths. To name just a ...

Nvidia’s Project Denver was supposed to be based on x86 tech, but things took a turn thanks to legal wranglings involving Transmeta’s Tokamak technology. Instead, Nvidia had to pivot to Arm, and the ...

Comstar can repurpose any OpenSolaris-based x86 server into a block-based storage device capable of emulating the physical characteristics of a storage array Sun Microsystems is set to unveil Friday ...

Microsoft didn’t completely kill off Windows 10 on Arm on Tuesday. But the company dealt a serious blow to Windows on Arm users who don’t want to upgrade to Windows 11. Microsoft has decided that that ...

This surfaced on Ace's Hardware:<P><BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> This Eetimes story about dynamic binary-translation technology is pretty amazing. <P ...

Highly anticipated: Intel and AMD have dominated the Windows gaming landscape for decades, but Qualcomm is looking to shake things up with its latest Arm-based processor. At the recent Game Developers ...