A cryostat from a quantum computer stands during a press tour of the Leibniz Computing Center in 2022. Qubit is a key term in one of the most buzzy areas of technology: quantum computing. Qubits are ...

Researchers and tech companies are in a global race to develop quantum computers that can solve hard scientific problems that conventional computers can’t, and that they hope can eventually support ...

Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers at ...

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 ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron x86, 64-bit processor. In just over a year, the three major enterprise hardware vendors have built offerings around it ...

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 ...

In hardware vendors’ marketing materials, you won’t find much more than buzzwords a-buzzin’ over 64-bit technology. Vendors’ lack of enthusiasm has buyers shrugging. Do we need 64 bits to run 32-bit ...

In a nutshell: Intel has unveiled the latest revision of its pared-down X86S instruction set architecture. Version 1.2 takes the trimming trend further by axing multiple 16-bit and 32-bit features. It ...

For years, the conversation around quantum computing and cryptocurrency has been dominated by a single, breathless question: Will a quantum breakthrough kill Bitcoin? The fear is simple enough.

Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the ...