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Hardware

An Unnamed x86 CPU Has Run Legacy-Free for a Year

Three stacked slabs for the operating modes an x86-64 CPU normally provides. Legacy Mode and Compatibility Mode are drawn hollow and crossed out at the bottom because the implementation described on the Linux kernel mailing list removes both, and 64-bit mode is filled in blue at the top because it is the only mode kept.

A request to document 64-bit-only behaviour for the Linux kernel describes an x86 part that dropped the modes Intel decided to keep, and says it has been in service for over a year.

Saya
September 9, 2026

Hardware

AMD Clears 30 Percent of Client x86 While DDR4 Sells Intel’s Older Chips

Headline above a donut ring whose green arc is exactly 30.3 percent of the full circle, AMD share of the whole client x86 market, to scale.

Mercury Research put AMD past 30 percent of client x86 for the first time, and two Intel chips returned to Amazon's top ten. DDR5 pricing links the two.

Saya
August 26, 2026