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 ...

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. today will ring in what it calls the third decade of Windows with the launch of 64-bit versions of the operating system for desktop computers and servers. Microsoft Chairman ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft 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 Barcelona on ...

At its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here last week, Microsoft Corp. outlined its latest plans for Longhorn and 64-bit Windows, as well as a proposal designed to help users ...

Qualcomm is known for its custom Krait cores, but those are still 32-bit. As 64-bit support becomes another spec sheet checkbox, Qualcomm is turning to ARM for off-the-shelf Cortex cores in the new ...

An interesting article written last year by Unix-world legend Eric S. Raymond (ESR) discusses how the best 64-bit desktop will become the new world standard OS once ...

The eye-popping rally in quantum computing stocks slowed a bit on Wednesday, as some of the most heavily traded names took a bit of a breather. Others, however, continued to roll on ahead, with no ...