nukka Wrote:no... intel really IS 64bit

granted they adopted AMD's architecture, but intel chips are true 64bit procs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

Quote:During much of its history, AMD has developed and produced processors patterned after Intel's original designs, but in a twist of computing history, Intel found itself in the position of adopting AMD's x86-64 architecture, which AMD had created as an extension to Intel's own x86 processor line. As AMD later renamed its architecture to AMD64, Intel in turn has renamed their implementation Intel 64. It is used in newer versions of Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Celeron D, Xeon, and Core 2 processors.

Funny thing is when asked AMD in a E'mail i got a detailed email back explaining that a intel cpu not really a 64bit cpu is.. well i must say that's like a year ago and thus the story above tells me that intel indeed adopted the 64bit idee from amd..
Thanks for the heads up!!