The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that probably seems rather alien to anyone used to the duopoly that exists today between AMD and Intel. At one point in time, ...

Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abandoned ...

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices said Friday that they have extended their gentleman's agreement yet again. The two companies signed a 10-year patent-licensing deal, the fourth pact between the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The trade-off between instructions per cycle and the increasing emphasis on microprocessor clock frequency needs a thorough re-examination, said John Shen, director of Intel Corp.'s ...