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Intel Begins Shipping 64-bit Prescotts

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the unheralded-releases dept.

Rucas writes "With a minimum of fanfare, Intel has begun shipping a version of the Pentium 4 with 64-bit instruction set extensions. The news came to light not via an Intel press release, but rather through the spec sheet for a new server from IBM. In the midst of the new IBM eServer xSeries servers based on the recently released 64-bit Xeon is a blade server powered by the 64-bit Prescott. This marks the first product appearance of the new CPU."

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  1. Windows 64 Bit? by stroustrup · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In May, at its spring analysts meeting for the business community, Intel president Paul Otellini said that Intel was building the capability for its 64-bit extensions into Prescott. At the time, he said that Intel wouldn't enable the feature until Microsoft released a 64-bit version of Windows; that operating system is expected later this year.

    That is, if they get their 32-bit thingy working right to start with

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  2. makes sense... by wickedmm · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They had to release now after they found out that XP SP2 was being delays. If Intel waits for Win64 they'll be out of business.

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