IT is rediscovering a simple but nearly forgotten principle: Throughput and capacity are everything. It hardly matters how fast the processor is if, like a Ferrari in city traffic, it bogs down every ...

When it comes to operating systems, the distinction between 32-bit and 64-bit versions plays a significant role in how your PC performs and handles tasks. The terms "32-bit" and "64-bit" refer to the ...

Microsoft Corp. fleshed out its road map for transitioning customers to 64-bit computing and unveiled updates to several of its management and server products at its IT Forum 2005 conference in ...

About 46 percent of Windows 7 PCs worldwide are 64-bit, Microsoft says, compared to only 11 percent for Windows Vista After a slow start, a larger number of PCs are using the 64-bit version of Windows ...

Eric Foote is considering 64-bit Windows servers for his growing base of 4,500 users. But he’s in no big rush to make the shift from 32-bit computing. His first target application is Presentation ...

The Commodore 64 Ultimate is the most astonishing retro product I have ever reviewed. I was expecting it to be a straightforward, modern take on the all-time best-selling personal computer. I imagined ...

Microchip has launched the first devices in its PIC64 High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (PIC64-HPSC) family of microprocessors. These multicore 64-bit RISC-V processors, which Microchip is ...

Dates and times stored in 32 bits on Unix-like systems will “overflow” in early 2038 — but the problems, and the patches, start now. Patch early, patch often, they say — almost 13 years early in the ...

Tech pro ThioJoe examines whether 32-bit applications remain safe and practical on modern 64-bit computing systems.