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Intel Quietly Adopts AMD's x86-64

Posted by timothy on from the or-an-incredible-simulation dept.

HishamMuhammad writes "The rumors reported earlier at /. are confirmed. The latest offerings in the Pentium 4 family now support AMD's x86-64 architecture, even though Intel is not willing to admit it very openly, by using cryptic names like EM64T and (gasp) IA-32e. (The naming issue was discussed on lkml, and the consensus there was to use 'x86-64,' even though sometimes AMD refers to it as 'AMD64'). Intel's FAQ admits their implementation is basically compatible with x86-64, except for the minor differences that have always set Athlons and P4s apart. It's about time Intel jumped on AMD's bandwagon, since its homegrown 64-bit architecture seems not to be doing very well."

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  1. And is there anyone...? by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And is there anyone -- anyone who reads Slashdot at least -- that didn't already know this?

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  2. 64 Bits .... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Should be enough for anybody.

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  3. Old news by roca · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We've known about this for months. Why is it news now?

  4. Old news by norwoodites · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is very old news, this was decided about two to three months ago (or even longer) on the gcc list.