On 01/15/2013 05:47 PM, Rick wrote: > If I recall correctly (sorry, don't have time to verify via Wikipedia, > etc.)...
That's where I first got a clue that AMD didn't mean AMD only with Ubuntu releases. > Intel's original 64-bit architecture/instruction set (for Itanium > processors) was not a commercial success... at least not in the consumer > space. The instruction set used by Intel's non-Itanium processors is > more-or-less the same as the one that AMD adopted for their original 64-bit > processors (Itanium competitors?)... I'm not really sure who created that > instruction set (AMD, Intel, other?)... but AMD is usually given the > "credit" as you have found... although I feel the "x86-64" phrasing to be > more clear/accurate (although more easily mistaken for just plain old "x86". > > I'm sure someone here has a deeper understanding, better recollection, > and/or or more time to look it up right now than I do... hopefully I > haven't led you too far astray. :-) Not at all. Thanks for the confirmation. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
