----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Marion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:56:38 PM Subject: Re: Which Intel Processor?
Quoting Randall Shimizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Please give some url's to support your claims... > One has to remember that the only reason that Intel has a slight > advantage is because most apps are 32 bit, With the exception of > Intel's Itanium all it's other processors are 32 bit cores with 64 > extensions. So all the benchmarks you see are for 32 bit processors. Which processor are referring to the Core duo, Core Quad or Xeon Quad...?? This is also wrong. The benchmark edge that Intel has right now is NOT due to 32bit applications. They are edging out a lot in 64bit benchmarks as well. Yes, but the fact remains that the AMD runs on a 64 bit core and the Core Duo is 32 bit core. You are correct in that the entire x86_64 architecture is based on the x86 one, but it's more then just extensions added on. AMD took the same tact that Intel had previously taken when expanding the original x86 line from 16 to 32bit, building on top of the existing architecture. The platform does have the advantage that 32bit apps do still run natively (vs emulation on ia64, which sucks royally) and will work completely as a 32bit cpu if you install a 32bit OS. -- Mike Marion-Unix/Linux Admin-http://www.miguelito.org "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" (Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on linux.cs.helsinki.fi) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
