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It's (Almost) Hammer Time
thelizman writes "C|Net is catching up on the buzz with AMD's Hammer line of processors. Of note in the article is how AMD demonstrated their 64-bit contender using Linux and Windows, instead of just Windows. In reality, Linux will likely have 64 bit applications more quickly than Microsoft, and will see use on this processor more readily than your average WinTel machine, so you know...like...it only makes sense."
>>That's when the 32-bit integer number of >>seconds since epoch 1970 used for time-
>>processing on almost all UNIX-like systems hits
>>the limit [deepsky.com].
Funny. 32 bits talks about the addressing space that the processor can adress, not a particular variable type that was picked 30 years ago to store time.
On my P4 i'm happily using __int64 data types which are (wait for it) 64 BIT INTEGERS. WEEEEEEE!! I must be magical.
dumbass.
What looks less professional: Leaving a submitted quote intact in keeping with journalistic integrity and accepted writing styles, or your making an off topic post calling 6'2", 250 lbs of US Army whoopass a "14 year old girl".
Try to loosen up and have a bit of a sense of humor will ya.
And don't worry, I'm still giddy about my first user submission to be accepted by slashdot so I won't hunt you down and put pink ribbons in your hair.
And to think I "groused" in the recent katz thread about not having my posts accepted .
Typical Mac idiot. Forward and backward compatible CPUs started much longer in the past. The 680x0 are all backward-compatible. The transition from SPARC v7 to v8 and then to 64-bit v9 also left userland applications fully compatible across the full range of CPUs. MIPS CPUs starting with the R4000 have 64-bit capabilties but can actually run either 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems and userland. There are plenty of other examples dating back 10-20 years or longer of large changes, including register length and pointer size, made to architectures without breaking existing user applications (in some cases without breaking existing operating systems). G4 is a latecomer to this game, as are these offerings from Inhell and AMD.