Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:34:26 12/09/04
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On December 09, 2004 at 15:02:23, Joachim Rang wrote: >On December 09, 2004 at 13:11:18, robert flesher wrote: > >>i have a question regarding 64 bit support. I was under the assumption that one >>would need to run a 64 bit kernal e.g. WinXp 64 bit(If such a product exists?) >>to utilize the 64 bit processor. Is this assumption correct? I have an AMD3400+ >>64 bit so this is of course great interest to me. Cheers > >Yes you need an Operating System for 64 BIT. Linux is already available in >64-Bit-Editions, but most commercials don't run under Linux (Shredder neither). >But in the next month a Windows 64-Bit-Edition will be released which is >currently in Beta-Status. But I doubt Shredder 9 will be supporting 64bit-OSs. >Therfore the GUI has to be rewritten too. > >regards Joachim 32 bit programs run perfectly on a 64 bit opteron. The inverse is not true because the O/S needs to know to save/restore the extra registers the X86-64 instruction set provides. But the GUI could be the _same_ gui as always, running in 32 bit mode, with a 64 bit engine, causing no problems of any kind.
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