> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:52:44 +0100
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> Nowadays, all processors I know for computers are built with 64 bits
> architectures, and corresponding instructions sets, which are often
> named amd64, probably for history reasons.
> Another name you could encounter is x86_64, which simply means that the
> processor is of x86 intel family (here, intel is not related to the
> trademark, but to the electronic architecture they made popular) with 64
> bit instruction set.
>
History lesson:
IIRC, it was AMD that was the first to market 64 bit chips that were
also compatible with code written for the X86 32 bit architecture.
Which gave rise to a rare occasion of Intel playing catch up and
having to implement a defacto standard created by AMD.
Peter
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