Remember all the fuss about the IBM PC when it hit 2.8 GHz in testing. (BOne other reason why Apple is likely to use this chip in the future is (Bthat is a 64-bit CPU that is compatible with the current 32-bit (Bcomputing. Microsoft is also looking at a similar chip to help it move up (Bto a 64-bit OS. (B (BFrom the Inquirer <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8678> (BMicrosoft calls AMD X86-64 operating system Anvil (B (BGives "excellent performance and compatibility" claim (B (BBy Mike Magee :$B?eMKF|(J 02 4$B7n(J 2003, 11:13 (B (BWE SAW versions of Microsoft's X86-64 operating system running on AMD (Bchips at CeBIT in March, despite naysayers who wouldn't have it that (Bsuch a creature existed. (B (BBut now we have absolute confirmation that there is an X86-64 version of (BWindows for the Hammer platform and rather suitably Microsoft has (Bcodenamed it Anvil. (B (BSources tell us that Clyde Rodriguez,a lead program manager, Windows, (BForrest Foltz, a Windows architect, and Dave Cutler, who has the (Bimpressive monikor of a senior distinguished engineer at Microsoft, are (Bset to talk about Anvil on April 8th at a specialist conference on the (BVole's campus. (B (BThe source added that Microsoft is describing Anvil as bringing 64-bit (Bcomputing to the masses, a phrase that will make Intel cross when it (Breads this article. (B (BAnvil will run on both Opteron and Athlon64 chips and, the sources added, (BMicrosoft is billing it as causing a big adoption of PC 64-bit computing (Bbecause these chips will run 32-bit and 64-bit code natively. (B (BMicrosoft will discuss at the talk the goals and release plans for Anvil (Band its roadmap for 64-bit Windows, the architectural features of the OS (Band chip(s), and porting, testing and debugging for developers and testers. (B (BThe Vole is telling developers that an AMD 64 system behaves just like a (B32-bit PC. Apps can address only 4GB of memory in 32 bit mode, but 16 (Bterabytes (TB) when Anvil is installed. (B (BMicrosoft is claiming that Anvil will still execute 32-bit apps with (B"excellent performance and compatibility". (B (BFrom IBM's site on the PowerPC 970 (B<http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/ (BA1387A29AC1C2AE087256C5200611780> (BPowerPC 970: First in a new family of 64-bit high performance PowerPC (Bprocessors (B (BProduct Presentation (BThis presentation on the 64-bit PowerPC 970 Microprocessor was presented (Bat Microprocessor Forum on October 15, 2002. Disclosed are the technical (Bdetails of the new 64-bit PowerPC microprocessor designed for desktops (Band entry-level servers. Based on the award winning Power4 design, this (Bprocessor is an 8-way superscalar design that fully supports Symmetric (BMultiProcessing. The processor is further enhanced by a vector processing (Bunit implementing over 160 specialized vector instructions and implements (Ba system interface capable of up to 6.4GB/s. (B (B (B (B-- (BMark Smith (InterLingual) (B<http://www2.gol.com/users/mspsmith/> (BTranslation & Writing Solutions (B6-8-401 Asahigaoka, Ashiya, Hyogo 659-0012 (BTel & Fax: 0797-31-7999 (BN��ˬ"{^��-�����g�ˬ�{^��-����ˬr��y�܅��y�܆+m���� (B��V�r�y�&�x��ȧ���rد{�'�ˬr��N�����r��y���b�X���^jǬzwZ��,j���n�˛���m���"�i�b�觶��ܨ~�^zf���&i���&�x���(
