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Adding network services in a secure fashion to today's network infrastructure requires deploying a large number of separate devices. These can include a Layer 4+ switch, an anti-spam gateway, firewall ...

[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC processors ...

Curiously, the Intel 8086 was conceived as a stopgap while the more technologically ambitious 32-bit iAPX 432 struggled with ...

ARM has introduced its first 64-bit microprocessor architecture, ARMv8, which should enable wider use of ARM chips in servers and other enterprise equipment and turn up the competitive heat on Intel.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sept. 25, 2009 – Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, or AppliedMicro (NASDAQ: AMCC), a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions, and Taiwan ...

Imagination Technologies latest 64-bit processor architecture targets high performance mobile applications. The Warrior Class I6400 (see the figure) is Imagination’s mid-range offering. It supports ...