Deep within your computer is a blueprint that specifies a certain “language” of machine instructions it can understand and ...

Some would say that all x86 instructions are crazy, especially if you are accustomed to reduced instruction set computers. The x86, like other non-RISC processors, has everything but the kitchen sink.

What’s more, these days your x86 CPU might really be a virtual machine ... to the relatively tiny list of the original 8086 instruction set (which is still in there, too). According to the ...

Intel and AMD said several tech giants are backing their new effort to expand the ecosystem for the x86 instruction set architecture at the heart of their dueling CPU businesses. The Santa Clara ...

Intel is no longer working on the x86S specification. The chipmaker confirmed its decision to Tom's Hardware, and comes just ...

Microsoft Windows runs applications written for either x86 or Arm processors, though the version of Windows has to match up ...

x86) in small batches and converts them to equivalent “target” instructions (MIPS, for example) for the actual processor it's running on. Rather than translate instructions one-by-one, Dynamite looks ...

Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) is an extension to the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) that adds hardware transactional memory support, speeding up the execution of multi ...

Instructions built into x86, SPARC, ARM and other processors that speed up AES encryption and decryption. These specialized instructions also help to prevent attacks on the actual AES processing.

According to Ditzel, Nvidia’s move to Arm stemmed from its licensing of Transmeta’s Tokamak, which could translate x86 code into a RISC instruction set. “Nvidia brought out a product called ...

Ditzel says Nvidia’s shift to Arm was influenced by its licensing of Transmeta’s Tokamak technology, which could translate x86 code into a RISC instruction set. IAs he explained ...

Also making the list are Intel and AMD who, despite their long-running rivalry, this week launched an initiative together to expand the ecosystem for the x86 instruction set architecture.