> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:52:44 +0100 > From: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: which version of debian to download > Message-ID: <420ee2b7cf1c65846e4c8d575f2f8...@neutralite.org> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 > Thunderbird/7.0.1 > List-Id: <debian-user.lists.debian.org> > > Nowadays, all processors I know for computers are built with 64 bits > architectures, and corresponding instructions sets, which are often > named amd64, probably for history reasons. > Another name you could encounter is x86_64, which simply means that the > processor is of x86 intel family (here, intel is not related to the > trademark, but to the electronic architecture they made popular) with 64 > bit instruction set. >
History lesson: IIRC, it was AMD that was the first to market 64 bit chips that were also compatible with code written for the X86 32 bit architecture. Which gave rise to a rare occasion of Intel playing catch up and having to implement a defacto standard created by AMD. Peter (\___/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. Alte Amplius et Sine Ratione gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/1/users/happy/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50d114d5.ttvfgisqbcjr2xvw%ha...@sdf.lonestar.org