By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld | August 27th, 2014 Google yesterday released a 64-bit Windows version of Chrome, touting it as a performance and stability improvement over the six-year-old 32-bit edition. In early June, Google promoted the 64-bit version to its preview channels, including the rough-edged “Dev” build line. On Tuesday, the company pushed the browser …
By Jared Newman, PC World | August 27th, 2014 The new version of Google’s browser is faster and more stable, and it looks a lot better on high-end laptops. Modern PC and high-end laptop users are in for a treat with the latest version of Chrome, which adds 64-bit support and much crisper text on …
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By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | August 12th, 2014 A decade-old race to crank up core counts in x86 chips may have lulled, but the competition has just started picking up in ARM processors. AppliedMicro, which is making 64-bit ARM processors, will put up to 64 cores in its upcoming X-Gene 3 server chip, …
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By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | August 11th, 2014 AMD said it will customize 64-bit ARM server chips for customers, but first needs to see how the market evolves. Advanced Micro Devices may be willing to make custom ARM server chips for customers, much like it made custom chips for the Xbox One and …
By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld | August 6th, 2014 Releases the browser to its Dev preview channel; follows Windows 64-bit promotion to Beta. Google has promoted the 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows to the browser’s more stable Beta distribution channel, and boosted Chrome for OS X to 64-bit on the more preliminary Canary and Dev …
By Mark Hachman, PC World | July 31st, 2014 A 64-bit version of Chrome inches closer to release status as Google releases it in beta form. Google’s 64-bit Chrome browser took the last step before being formally released, as Google published a 64-bit beta of the browser on Wednesday morning. If you’d like, you can …
By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service | July 30th, 2014 Red Hat wants Linux for ARM servers to avoid the fragmentation that plagued Unix in decades past. Red Hat has developed a version of the Linux operating system that can be used to test chips and associated hardware based on the ARMv8-A 64-bit architecture for …
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By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | July 30th, 2014 AMD’s 64-bit server development board has the company’s first ARM processors. Advanced Micro Devices is moving closer to a motherboard design that will accept both x86 and ARM chips with the shipment of its first 64-bit ARM board. The Opteron A1100-Series developer hardware is an …
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By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | July 23rd, 2014 Starting next year, tablets with Allwinner’s new chip could sell for $250, analyst says/ Low-cost Android tablets with 64-bit processors and 4K video decoding capabilities could be around the corner, thanks to Allwinner’s plan to ship its first 64-bit ARM processor by year end. Allwinner …
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By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | July 22nd, 2014 ARM’s Maya and Artemis chips are already being licensed to mobile device makers. ARM is developing its second wave of 64-bit processors as it tries to maintain its edge over Intel in smartphones and tablets. The chips — called Maya and Artemis — are already …
