Hello all, I have a question regarding CPU instruction sets. I have heard that the aging x86 instruction set is holding back progress, so to speak. So I was thinking about what would make a better, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Power.org group has announced updates to the instruction set used on the Power processor, providing new features for both servers and embedded systems. The upgrades also aim to ...

For more than three decades, modern CPUs have relied on speculative execution to keep pipelines full. When it emerged in the ...

A patch for the GNU Compiler Collection, GCC, has revealed the instruction set extensions supported by Nova Lake.

Chinese chip maker Loongson used to make processors based on MIPS architecture, but MIPS isn’t what it used to be and the company that developed the technology has even pivoted to making chips using ...

In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer. It’s also referred to as architecture or computer architecture. Moreover, a central processing unit (CPU) ...

Most of us will be familiar at some level with the operation of a basic CPU, usually through exposure to microprocessors of the type that find their way into our projects. We can look at its internal ...

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up Last week, Chinese processor company Loongson ...

An instruction set architecture (ISA) defines the set of basic operations a computer must support. This includes the functional definition of operations and precise descriptions of how to invoke and ...

In context: Windows 11 has introduced more demanding hardware requirements for the installation and operation of the operating system. With the latest major upgrade ...

Some programs and games require a feature called AVX to function properly. AVX stands for Advanced Vector Extensions, a set ...