Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Welcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, ...

View post: Amazon Has a ‘Sturdy and Durable’ LED Work Light on Sale for $47 With this deal we found at Amazon, you can get the Chensive 3-Channel 4K Dash Cam for just $56, nearly 50% off its normal ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The important thing to note about future-proofing HDMI systems is that the device must be reliable and work well while standing the test of ...

Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support.

Valve has announced three new products: the next-gen Steam Machine, the next-gen Steam Controller, and Steam Frame, its next-gen virtual reality headset. It’s a huge day for the company behind ...

Decoder, The Vergecast, and Version History are now available completely ad-free for Verge subscribers. Decoder, The Vergecast, and Version History are now available completely ad-free for Verge ...

In a nutshell: Streaming and other demanding video applications are growing rapidly, and existing codecs are struggling to keep pace. Fortunately, AOMedia has pledged to finalize a new generation of ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...