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Introduction to 64-bit Computing and x86-64

Posted by michael on from the peace-love-and-understanding dept.

James writes "Ars Technica has an article up explaining 64-bit computing from the x86 angle, specifically from the angle of AMD's Hammer. The article explains the details in that usual Ars style, and I found it very useful for thinking about what kinds of applications I may want to put to the test on one of these when we get a box in the office. Even non-x86 freaks may appreciate this, since it breaks down some of the basic advantages of 64-bit computing, and just who can expect to see gains in the near future."

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  1. fap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dupe and first.

  2. Flamebait? by Compact+Dick · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    More like wisdom. Obviously the moderators haven't heard of Aesop.

    Must have been a knee-jerk reaction to seeing the capitalised word "cock" :-)

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    1. Re:Flamebait? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      LOL you said "jerk"

  3. The Eagle and the Arrow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AN EAGLE sat on a lofty rock, watching the movements of a Hare whom he sought to make his prey. An archer, who saw the Eagle from a place of concealment, took an accurate aim and wounded him mortally. The Eagle gave one look at the arrow that had entered his heart and saw in that single glance that its feathers had been furnished by himself. "It is a double grief to me," he exclaimed, "that I should perish by an arrow feathered from my own wings."

    How often do we supply our enemies with the means of our own destruction.

  4. Dupe by MasTRE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, another dupe. Only thing new is the fact that the Mods no longer add "yes, it's a dupe" on the front page anymore :(

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