SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture ... the first two versions of SPARC, were 32 bit architectures. Evolution to SPARC Version 9 jumped up to 64 bits but preserved backward compatibility.

or any one of the other really beefy CPU architectures out there. Superscalars are great for general purpose computing, but their performance per watt dollar is abysmal in comparison to a DSP.

Design and understanding of the computer system as a whole unit. Performance Evaluation and its role in computer system design; Instruction Set Architecture design, Datapath design and optimizations ...

Now, Intel is starting to at least think about developing a CPU architecture that just runs 64-bit apps and operating systems. The company quietly posted an update to its webpage with info ...

For Alder Lake, Intel is relying on what it says are two new groundbreaking x86 CPU microarchitectures — an Efficiency core and a Performance core — and it will use an intelligent scheduler to ...

Taking center stage was the confirmation of "Nova Lake" – Intel's next major client CPU architecture set to arrive in 2026. This will succeed the company's recently launched Arrow Lake desktop ...