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He keeps saying x86, but all these computers -- including the consoles -- are x64.
by TwoBit 10y ago
He keeps saying x86, but all these computers -- including the consoles -- are x64.
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- mackal 10y agoThey're 64-bit variant of x86, or x86-64. x64 is a shit name and people should stop using it. Sadly that probably won't happen thanks to Microsoft.
- derefr 10y agoIn fact, the term "x86-64" came into existence as a term-of-art because "x64" technically refers to the Itanium ISA (Intel's first now-forgotten attempt at a 64-bit ISA), not the IA64 ISA (Intel's canonicalization of AMD's unofficial extension to IA32.)
- qznc 10y agoThe most correct term is "amd64" IMHO.
- ferbivore 10y agoUh, "IA-64" is Itanium. Intel officially calls x86-64 "Intel 64".
- nickpsecurity 10y agoYeah, Itanium is IA-64. It's also dying but not forgotten: people who like RISC, reliability, security features, and high-speed all in one remember their vain attempt well. Are also reaping benefits of used HP Integrity and SGI Altix boxes on eBay selling cheaper than consoles. I'm eyeballing a few of those suckers myself. :)
- gruez 10y ago"x86" refers to the family of instruction sets, including the 16, 32, and 64 bit variants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86
- brigade 10y agoThat's wrong - not all of them run Microsoft Windows.
- kakwa_ 10y agoStop being a cpu architecture name nazi. If you really want a name, just call it "the architecture that Intel made in te 70ies, with a lot of weird stuff (like 20 bits addresses) and that Intel, itself, tried and failed to kill with Itanium."