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Remarkably, Intel has managed to move from 8-bit computers to 16, 32, and 64 bits, while keeping systems mostly compatible. Well, the move to 64 bit didn't qui
by rob74 3y ago
Remarkably, Intel has managed to move from 8-bit computers to 16, 32, and 64 bits, while keeping systems mostly compatible.
Well, the move to 64 bit didn't quite turn out as Intel wanted it, and they had to copy AMD's version of it. This is acknowledged in footnote 20, but the article itself sounds like Intel was infallible and never mentions AMD at all...
- userbinator 3y agoI remember reading somewhere that Intel also had a backward-compatible 64-bit extension in development, but was beaten by AMD to it when the Itanic turned out to be a flop.