High end server sales grew 13.2%, midrange by 15.3% and volume servers rose 9% according to the latest tracker by market watcher IDC. Non x86 boxes brought in $1bn compared with $2.3bn for their ...

Closed systems stagnate innovation—Linux users know this. Licenses, royalties, and fees keep the well-funded in control. RISC-V throws that out the window because it's free to adopt, adapt, and ...

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...

CISC processors are inherently more flexible while RISC designs can be more cost effective for specific applications. The real difference in the two can be found in the dedication of your system ...

A new study comparing the Intel X86, the ARM and MIPS CPUs finds that microarchitecture is more important than instruction set architecture, RISC or CISC. If you are one of the few hardware or ...

Prompted by the chipmaker's announcement of the SSE5 instruction-set extensions, Glaskowsky analyzes the ultimate outcome to this old controversy. Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in ...

ÔÇó Mainframe (CISC-based servers) revenue increased 46.8% year on year but decreased 34.1% quarter on quarter, indicating mainframe refresh activity is the result of residual pent-up demand from the ...