SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. today (June 23) jointly introduced what the companies claim is the world's first 64-bit desktop processor. The new PowerPC G5 is based on IBM's ...

You’ve seen the choice a hundred times, haven't you?

CPUs that process 64 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 32. Today's desktop and laptop computers are mostly 64-bit machines; however, there are countless 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit ...

Just as desktops replaced computers that used to fill an entire room, and laptops, tablets, and smartphones have pushed desktops aside, single-board computers are now in a position where they can take ...

Windows 10 can run on both 32-bit and 64-bit processor architectures. If you have a computer with a 32-bit setup, you can upgrade to the 64-bit version without acquiring a new license. The only caveat ...

Erik Lustig's mom called him recently in a bit of a panic. She'd been in a retail store shopping for a computer and the sales guy asked her whether she wanted a 32-bit computer or a 64-bit computer, ...

Normal folks are more cautious. Unwilling to help the tech industry work out the bugs in its bleeding-edge products — or to pay for a product's research and development via initial high prices — they ...

Welcome to the Big Debate (already in progress) about Intel's Itanium versus AMD's Opteron and the future of 64-bit computing. In hopes of further driving interest in its hybrid 32/64 bit technology, ...

An operating system that is designed to work in a computer that processes 64 bits at a time. Most personal computers today are 64-bit, and mobile devices are expected to begin using 64-bit CPUs in the ...

Mozilla engineers have decided that starting with Firefox 56 they will silently and forcibly auto-upgrade some users of 32-bit Firefox to 64-bit versions. Obviously, the only ones that will be ...

Need a teeny tiny computer that can run Android or Linux? Only have $20? Well you’re in luck. When we first met the Orange Pi (get it?) the company was selling a nice Raspberry Pi clone for $15. Now ...