Operating systems (OS) are the intermediary between computer hardware and software, an essential piece of any digital device. Much like an orchestra conductor, they ensure harmonious communication ...
Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...
IT is rediscovering a simple but nearly forgotten principle: Throughput and capacity are everything. It hardly matters how fast the processor is if, like a Ferrari in city traffic, it bogs down every ...
Most customers are waiting for 64-bit applications to arrive before moving beyond 32-bit computing. AMD temporarily jumped ahead of Intel in 2003, when it introduced its 32- or 64-bit Opteron chip, ...
Another big advantage to 64-bit computing is addressing memory. Applications have traditionally been written to address the memory space available to 32-bit processing, which tops out at 4GB. If a ...
Microsoft Corp. fleshed out its road map for transitioning customers to 64-bit computing and unveiled updates to several of its management and server products at its IT Forum 2005 conference in ...
India has taken another step toward technological self-reliance with the announcement of DHRUV64, the country’s first indigenous 1.0 GHz, 64-bit dual-core microprocessor. Developed by the Centre for ...
An interesting article written last year by Unix-world legend Eric S. Raymond (ESR) discusses how the best 64-bit desktop will become the new world standard OS once ...