Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64

Peter Maas
2004-02-18T21:29:06Z

Hit send too soon...

INTEL HAS PUT up a 354 page PDF which describes software developing for the
64 bit extensions that will appear in the Nocona and Prescott processors.

> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14222
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> Ok,
> now that Intel has finally come clean about their x86-64 implementation
> (see
>
>
http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/index.htm?iid=techtrends+spotlight_64bit
>
> for full details), can somebody write up a list of differences? I know
> there are people who have had access to the Intel docs for a while now,
> and obviously Intel is too frigging proud to list the differences
> explicitly.
>
> >From what I can tell from a quick look, it looks like it is basically
just
> the 3DNow vs SSE3 thing, but I assume there are other details too. Can
> people who have been involved with this make a quick list for the rest of
> us who only got to see the final details today?
>
> (And I assume there's somebody with a few patches pending..)
>
> Thanks,
> Linus
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