CPUs that process 32 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 64. Although 32-bit CPUs were used in mainframes as early as the 1960s, personal computers began to migrate from 16 to 32 bits in the ...

If you have bought a PC in recent years, in all probabilities you have a 64-bit version of Windows 11/10. Unlike 32-bit (x86) Windows installation that permitted the installation of only 32-bit ...

The company's computer operating system has been moving to more advanced technology, though MacOS High Sierra and at least the next version of Apple's software will still support older apps. Shara ...

The recent Windows 12 update has sparked significant discussion in the tech community due to its impact on legacy 32-bit applications. As Microsoft pushes forward with technological advancements, this ...

We recently wrote about reinstalling Java to correct problems with various applications including Mail and Safari. While this may be useful for some users, Apple has released a knowledgebase article ...

Do you remember the jump from 8-bit to 16-bit computing in the 1980s, and the jump from 16-bit to 32-bit platforms in the 1990s? Well, here we go again. We double up again, this time leaping from ...

The greatest caution related to moving to 64-bit computing is backward compatibility with your investment in 32-bit applications. Of the commodity 64-bit chips on the market, the AMD Opteron and Apple ...

For most would-be Windows 7 users, a 64-bit version of Windows 7 is the right move. But if you don’t have sufficient RAM (at least 4GB), or you rely on devices that don’t have supporting 64-bit ...

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The next generation of Intel Corp. Itanium 2 processors will get an upgrade meant to improve the performance 32-bit enterprise applications running on Itanium-based systems. The new 64-bit chip will ...