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The Intel i386 turns 40 years old — 275,000 transistors running at 16MHz changed personal computing forever
By Luke James published
Intel's i386 brought 32-bit registers to x86 and paved the way for Windows 3.0 and Linux.

AMD and Intel celebrate first anniversary of x86 alliance
By Anton Shilov published
The x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group turns one year old.

Developer recreates classic scroller Zaxxon as a UEFI firmware
By Mark Tyson published
A Zaxxon remake, coded in x86-64 Assembly language, is now available as a UEFI application.

Intel vs AMD: Which CPUs Are Better in 2025?
By Paul Alcorn last updated
We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.

Parallels adds x86 operating system support for Apple Silicon
By Jowi Morales published
Parallels Desktop introduces a new experimental feature that lets you install x86_64 operating systems on your Apple-silicon Mac.

Qualcomm is hiring a data center chip architect for Snapdragon-based reference server designs
By Anton Shilov last updated
Qualcomm is looking for a server SoC security architect, according to a job listing.

Broadcom has no Interest in buying Intel
By Anton Shilov published
Hock Tan dismisses an idea to acquire Intel, as Broadcom still has to devour VMware.

Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end
By Paul Alcorn published
Intel has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it is no longer working on the x86S specification.
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