> I still shake my head at how they were able to successfully rebrand it from amd64 to x86-64 It's the opposite: the original name was x86-64, and amd64 is a l

> I still shake my head at how they were able to successfully rebrand it from amd64 to x86-64 It's the opposite: the original name was x86-64, and amd64 is a later rebranding. See, for instance, the original web site for this (then) new architecture: https://web.archive.org/web/20000829042251/http://www.x86-64.org/about https://web.archive.org/web/20000829042251/http://www.x86-64...