They let developers create software that supports 64-bit x86 chips--important in making the new generation of chips useful.

In a move that has a significant part of the internet flashing back to the innocent days of 2001 when Intel launched its Itanium architecture as a replacement for the then 32-bit only x86 architect… ...

As I understand it, you can still run 32-bit applications on the proposed 64-bit only processors. But that would have to happen under some sort of virtualization, i.e. a 64-bit OS providing a ...

Although the 64-bit x86 architectures from AMD and Intel are almost identical, in some cases programs written for one chipset may not run properly on the other, according to a report issued Monday by ...

Intel has released a whitepaper outlining a way to simplify its CPU architectures by removing legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support, therefore making them 64-bit only.

Nowadays more and more mobile end-user devices are powered by 64-bit architecture. Using 64-bit Android* is a great way to gain access to the market. This article will introduce Android on Intel ...

Intel's 64-bit chips came more than a year after rival Advanced Micro Devices came out with its own version of the idea, called AMD64, in its Opteron and Athlon 64 products.

The proposed x86S CPU architecture from Intel would ditch support for 32-bit apps and operating systems entirely in favor of 64-bit software, but it could support older apps with virtualization.