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Chipmaker officially launches new chip architecture.

Intel is about to launch its first 64-bit processor, but what will it actually mean for business users? PC Authority investigates. Fourteen years ago the growing popularity of demanding d

Microsoft Australia has confirmed a global rumour that the next 64-bit version of Windows XP will only be available to OEMs, including local system builders, and resellers.

Intel’s announcement that it would finally release its own 64-bit extension to developers next US fiscal quarter has raised eyebrows at rival chip-maker AMD.

While 64-bit computing has been around for a while (for the two of you who could afford Intel's Itanium, and now Itanium II processors), the dream of 64-bittery for the humble home system has been a long time coming.

In the early-to-mid 'nineties, the industry was buzzing with speculation about the 'new' 32-bit computing platform and, more importantly, how it would integrate into the 16-bit environment.

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Microsoft this week released public previews of the 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as it changed the official names of the high-end operating systems.

It's a sign of the times when Compaq's Aero 8000 runs Windows CE in a box bigger than a Sharp PC-A250 (reviewed issue 23, p86) running Windows 98. So what's the big idea? Windows CE uses no moving parts, while software in ROM means immediate start-up times, high reliability, and long battery life all highly desirable qualities in a portable.

The next 64-bit processor is codenamed McKinley. This will essentially be an enhanced Itanium running on an Intel 870 chipset, boasting even greater performance through larger amounts of cache and mor

While AMD has been waving hybrid 32/64-bit CPUs for some time now, speculation has risen over when Intel would unleash their product onto an already expecting market. Here it is, Intel's newest addition to their Extreme Edition clocking in at an impressive 3.73GHz and boasting a 2MB L3 cache.

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Power users and multi-taskers have yet another choice of processor.