Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64

Xose Vazquez Perez
2004-02-23T19:59:16Z

Adrian Bunk wrote:

> In the long term, x86_64 creates more confusion:
> - SuSE says AMD64 [1]
> - RedHat says AMD64 [2]
> - Debian says AMD64 [3]

AMD64 is the incarnation done by AMD and
IA-32e is the incarnation done by Intel
of x86-64 architecture.

I like x86-64 as a generic name, because the same kernel
port runs on both chips and they run the same binaries.

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x86-64 GenuineIntel