An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the software interface through which for example a central processor unit (CPU) is controlled. Unlike early computer systems which didn’t define a ...

A new instruction set architecture from China's Loongson, which the company claims is fully made in China, could be a new open-source ISA.

It has been a long time coming, and it might have been better if this had been done a decade ago. But with a big injection of open source spirit from its acquisition of Red Hat, IBM is finally taking ...

Arm Holdings plc plans to cancel a license that gives Qualcomm Inc. permission to use its instruction set architecture in chips. Bloomberg reported the development today. Qualcomm, the world’s ...

IBM solved this problem with the introduction of the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and the microcode engine in the 60s. Specifically, the launch of the microcoded IBM System/360 ushered in ...

Open source software is popular – for operating systems as well as for office programs. But can this idea also work with hardware? We interviewed Rick O'Connor, Executive Director of the RISC-V ...

This week at The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit, IBM announced it is opening the POWER Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). "The opening of the Power ISA, an architecture with a long and ...

Instruction set architecture is the link between a computer's software and hardware.

ARC's configurable processor adds the ability to run both 16 and 32-bit instructions on a 32-bit architecture, allowing designers to reduce memory requirements by up to 30%, resulting in both lower ...

The term x86-64-v3 is once again the talk of Linux town, but what does it mean, and should you be concerned about it? Learn more here.