Latest about x86
Intel vs AMD: Which CPUs Are Better in 2024?
We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.
How to run x86 Windows games on your Mac
Using emulation tools or Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, you can use your Mac to play Windows games designed for AMD or Intel processors, though they may be buggy.
Windows 11 24H2 won't be hitting x86 PCs until 'later this year'
Windows 11 24H2 won't be making its way to x86 PCs in the immediate future. A new Microsoft update suggests the update won't come for the next several months, possibly not until Q4 of this year.
Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86
Linus says RISC-V development will likely make the same mistakes that the x86 and Arm chips made during their development cycles.
Ray Tracer ported to an x86 boot sector in only 483 bytes, run on Pentium Pro and faster CPUs
An x86 boot sector Ray Tracer, inspired by Ray Tracer for Atari 8-bit Basic, brings some real-time RT rendering to 90s-era hardware.
Google unveils Axion CPU for datacenters: claims up to 50% better performance than x86 processors
Google says its own Axion processor is 30% faster than competitors.
Jim Keller criticizes Nvidia's CUDA and x86, calls both 'a swamp'
Legendary processor architecture designer criticizes CUDA and compares it to x86.
New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board
StarFive's VisionFive 2 board can now run select x86-64 games with Box64 0.2.4 emulator.
