Both Intel and AMD last week rolled out high-powered 64-bit processors. Intel introduced two Itanium 2 dual-processor chipsets for technical computing and front-end edge, security and enterprise ...

AMD executives asserted that the chipmaker will be the first company to offer both 64-bit ARM and x86 server processors.

The result today is that it's very hard not to buy and AMD64-able CPU that'll run a 64-bit OS and software environment, unless you're buying an Intel Centrino notebook computer.

AMD's key OEM customers, including Sun, HP and IBM, showcased ground-breaking, dual-core platforms based on the non-disruptive AMD64 technology, the world's leading x86, 64-bit computing environment.

The new devices compete against CISC- and RISC-based processors from AMD, IBM, Sun, and others. With its new chips, Intel also appears to be putting the squeeze on AMD and its new Opteron processor, a ...

Though 32-bit computing is unlikely to disappear any time soon, AMD is betting on wider availability of software for 64-bit processors. A number of software developers involved in the Athlon64 launch ...

And it may succeed. The AMD Opteron A1100 series -- targeted at servers -- can integrate 8 processor cores and will be one of the first ARM chips to be 64-bit.

The chip maker licenses MIPS Technologies' 64-bit architecture, enabling it to design processors for next-generation mobile devices ...

The biggest factor on AMD's side is that the company is not expected to charge computer makers substantially more for the Athlon 64 than they would have to pay Intel for a comparable 32-bit chip.

Nevertheless, 'Hammer' remains a remarkable achievement, with AMD's 64-bit technology now built into every version of Microsoft's operating system and Intel forced to sing along.