Interviewed by CNN on 22/04/2011 17:58, Robert Kaiser told the world: > Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could > be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older > "crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at > all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).
That's right. The first generation of Intel Core CPUs was actually based on an enhanced P6 (Pentium Pro/II/III) architecture codenamed "Yonah", which was 32-bit only. Some of the early "Pentium Dual-Core" were also P6-based. The new "Core" architecture debuted only on the Core 2. AFAIK, it's an evolution of the Yonah with, among other things, 64-bit extensions added. So it's still a descendant of the venerable Pentium Pro. Although Intel had a really, really confusing policy for a while, in which it was hard to guess if a given CPU was 64-bit capable, had hardware virtualization and other stuff -- they disabled features from some chips aiming for market segmentation. So I wouldn't swear that all Core 2 and later are actually 64-bit capable, because some of them may have this feature disabled. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Bic. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.13 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
