However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single system, whether that is a single system-on-chip (SoC) or a larger electronics platform, like a PC, car or even a data center.

In semiconductors, architecture refers to the instruction set architecture (ISA), a detailed set of rules and specifications governing how a chip processes data and executes instructions. This ISA ...

Why it matters: Intel is gearing up for what the company considers the "next major step" in the evolution of the original x86 instruction set architecture (ISA). The Santa Clara corporation is ...