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Subject: Re: 64 Bit Programs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:39:57 06/28/03

On June 28, 2003 at 14:36:32, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On June 28, 2003 at 14:23:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>So does the Itanium.  That doesn't make it any less of a 64-bit processor.


The Itanium is not X86 compatible.  In any shape or form.  There is an
emulator, of course.  But then the Alpha has a vax emulator.

Re: 64 Bit Programs Keith Evans 21:30:41 06/28/03
- Re: 64 Bit Programs Robert Hyatt 19:19:48 06/29/03
  - Re: 64 Bit Programs Jay Urbanski 20:00:29 06/29/03
    - Re: 64 Bit Programs Eugene Nalimov 20:21:42 06/29/03
      - Re: 64 Bit Programs Sune Fischer 00:44:09 06/30/03
        
        Re: 64 Bit Programs Roberto Nerici 01:38:37 07/01/03
      - Re: 64 Bit Programs Jay Urbanski 20:33:12 06/29/03
        
        Re: 64 Bit Programs Eugene Nalimov 10:05:31 07/01/03
        
        Re: 64 Bit Programs Jay Urbanski 19:47:52 07/01/03

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