By delivering 64-bit functionality with x86 compatibility, AMD hopes to achieve a number of goals.
Intel will also be showing an x86-based smartphone at CES, keeping up the side there.
In response, HP pointed to its top spot in the market for x86 servers.
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After a crummy year in 2009, demand for x86-based servers took off in 2010.
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows on X86 will ship with both modes, Metro and Desktop.
Un-virtualized x86 installations fall at the low end (only 5-7%) while virtualized systems average more like 25-40%.
At stake is the market for the so-called x86 processors that both Intel and AMD stamp out.
This makes modern x86 chips large and power-hungry, which is bad news for users of portable computers.
The hardware is based on the kind of x86 processors found in most of the world's computers.
Their reach in mobile is expanding and they are becoming a real problem for the X86 crowd.
This is a quad-core x86 based system on a chip, targeted at ultra-thin and small form factor PCs.
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The Santa Clara-based champion of x86 architecture has seen the wind drop out of its sails (and sales).
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Alternatives like Hitachi's SH architecture have long since fallen out of favor, and x86 is still a non-factor.
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Having full ARM and x86 systems in the same machine opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities.
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The Nvidia supercomputer, for example, uses one-third the power of a comparable machine powered solely by x86 CPUs.
Later this year: both AMD and Intel will introduce more powerful, expensive x86 processors built for bigger jobs.
And now that we have reduced the price, people are asking why they should go with an x86 system.
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Killing off the businesses that grow up around Intel's x86 processors comes easy.
This is the x86 version of the Surface tablet running full Windows 8 and starting with 64GB of storage.
The X86 architecture performance is better than other available market products while ARM is known for its power conservation.
It's called the LiveBox, and it runs one of AMD's X86-based Fusion chips.
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This will run on x86-based systems using chips made by Intel and AMD.
This nevertheless remains uncertain, as x86 players could adjust their pricing strategy and improve the power efficiency of their products.
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Commodity servers in the market today are almost entirely based on x86 chips supplied by Intel and AMD.
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Red Hat Tools for Embedded Developers support x86 and Power PC platforms and are expected to be available March 1.
While Intel has been dominant in desktops and notebooks with its x86 chip, it has lagged in the smartphone space.
It will be unified, on x86 chips, able to scale up and down, in a private or a public setting.
Windows 8 will be launched for tablets as well as computers and will support both the X86 and ARM architectures.
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Plus, shifting to ARM-based processors, and away from the x86 processors designed by Intel and AMD would cause some problems.
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Before Macs, I had some random x86 machine that I only used for games and connecting to the Prodigy network.
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