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Subject: Re: 64 Bit Programs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:23:50 06/28/03

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On June 28, 2003 at 12:12:15, Jay Urbanski wrote:

>On June 28, 2003 at 10:33:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Those are not true 64 bit processors.  Supposedly 32 bit stuff runs just
>>fine on them, but they have 64 bit extensions.
>
>How is Opteron not a true 64-bit processor?


Because it executes 32 bit instructions _also_.

IE it is X86 compatible.



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