Operating systems (OS) are the intermediary between computer hardware and software, an essential piece of any digital device. Much like an orchestra conductor, they ensure harmonious communication ...

[Matteo] bought a new Raspberry Pi 4. Why not? You get a quad-core ARM processor, up to 4 GB of RAM, and a gigabit Ethernet port for $35 $35-55. However, the default operating system is still a 32-bit ...

Seeing how Intel and AMD are supposedly going to release their 64-bit chips soon and many software vendors are looking to convert their programs to 64-bit code to accomodate these chips I was ...

Q: I’ve seen much news about 64-bit systems lately. Vendors claim 64 bits are faster than 32 bits, and it seems the fastest CPUs have 64-bit capability. Can I take advantage of 64-bit operations to ...

Ken wrote in saying he loves PCWorld, natch, and that he wants to know the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. I have to admit this isn’t something I’ve thought about in a long ...

One of the more common questions I hear about Vista is which bit version of Windows Vista should one get. Do we go with x86 32 bit edition or x64 64 bit edition? I'm going to try to clear that ...

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 ...