I give up on x86-64, its too busted.

[Rob Andrews]

On 16-Apr-2006 14:43.13 (BST), Bill Polhemus wrote:
 > Is x86_64 appropriate for an AMD 64-bit processor? I thought there was a 
 > distinction between Intel and AMD for 64 bits.

AMD's 64-bit processors are x86-64, often also referred to as amd64 and
polluted by Windows x86-64 releases as "x64". This moniker also applies
to CPUs with Intel's EM64T, hence later members of the Pentium 4 and
Xeon 4.

Intel's Itanium architecture is referred to as ia64.

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