The researchers "conclude that at least 40% of the x86 ISA, even after excluding multimedia extensions, could be emulated ...

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, ...

PS3 emulator developer Whatcookie blames Intel's Skylake-X architecture for AVX-512's poor reputation and showcases the ...

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 ...

According to SiFive, its engineers enhanced the two designs with a new co-processor interface. The technology will make it ...

An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...

China-based CPU designer Loongson Zongke Technology has pledged to build a homegrown CPU instruction ecosystem independent of Wintel and Android-ARM, and all its products will switch to the ...