Author: Tony Werten
Date: 03:35:02 06/29/03
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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_. P4 and AMD also execute 16-bit instructions, so they are 16 bit processors ? BTW mov al,value is an 8 bit instruction so .... Tony > >IE it is X86 compatible.
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