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Nvidia: Windows on ARM a 'genius' idea from Microsoft

...Microsoft is likely to face problems selling Windows 8 on x86-based mobile devices, so it is "genius" for it to develop a... Read more

18 May, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing

Calxeda and HP unleash ARM server tech

...chips have seen great success, the market for servers is dominated by x86-based chips from companies such as Intel and AMD. According to IDC... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Google uses remote-kill functionality on Android apps

...revealed that Intel is in the process of porting Froyo to its x86 platform. Although x86 ports of Android have already been made to some... Read more

25 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Nvidia readies Windows 8 developer programme

...it will launch a Windows 8 developer programme for both ARM and x86 devices. Windows 8, which was previewed at Microsoft's Build conference on... Read more

14 September, 2011 by Larry Dignan
Tilera set to chase Intel into the cloud

Tilera set to chase Intel into the cloud

...push it ahead by avoiding the latency bottlenecks that plague Intel's x86 designs. Founded in 2004, the Silicon Valley-based company has brought out... Read more

17 June, 2011 by Jack Clark

Worldwide server shipments up 27 percent, says Gartner

...there were disparities in performance across hardware categories, according to Gartner. While x86-based servers grew 28.9 percent in shipments and 37 percent in... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Oracle signs Solaris deals with HP and Dell

...operating system, as well as Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM, on x86-based servers. Under the terms of the deal, Dell and HP will... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Oracle announces next-gen Sun systems

...Oracle on Monday introduced a refreshed line of x86 Clustered Systems, moving forward on rolling out its roadmap for integration of... Read more

29 June, 2010 by Sam Diaz
ProgDVB(32-bit) 6.85.1

ProgDVB(32-bit) 6.85.1

...PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers. This software has options for working with network broadcasting and... Read more

28 May, 2012
Norton AntiVirus Definitions Update (<endeca_term>x86</endeca_term> Package) 05/25/2012

Norton AntiVirus Definitions Update (x86 Package) 05/25/2012

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25 May, 2012
VirtualBox 4.1.16

VirtualBox 4.1.16

innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is... Read more

22 May, 2012
Raise Data Recovery for UFS/UFS2 5.3

Raise Data Recovery for UFS/UFS2 5.3

...Solaris UFS, BSD UFS and UFS2 with support of both little-endian (x86, x64 servers) and big-endian (Power, Sparc servers) byte order. This does... Read more

16 May, 2012
VMware Workstation 8.0.3

VMware Workstation 8.0.3

...on a single PC. Users can run Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 in fully networked, portable virtual machines - no rebooting or hard drive partitioning... Read more

3 May, 2012
SourceUSB 3.41

SourceUSB 3.41

SourceUSB is a software-based USB analyzer for Windows x86/x64 platforms. Our software has been on the market for over three... Read more

11 April, 2012

Tilera targets simple cloud tasks with 36-core processors

...and networking equipment, though code needs to be tweaked for their non-x86 RISC architecture. On Monday, the 36 and 16-core Tile-Gx 64... Read more

30 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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...... and PDP11s too

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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