Don wrote: > Jesse Phillips wrote: >> retard Wrote: >> >>>> Intel 64 is AMD64. Intel dropped their 64-bit implementation, EM64T, >>>> after AMD won. >>> That's bullshit, but I guess it doesn't matter, because most software >>> uses the compatible subset of both versions. >>> >>> See: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Differences_between_AMD64_and_Intel_64 >> >> Yes, there are differences, but the fact remains that Intel had to develop >> its implementation to mimic AMD64[1]. >> >> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#History_of_Intel_64 >> >> "Intel found itself in the position of adopting the architecture which AMD >> had created as an extension to Intel's own x86 processor line." > > Yes, but EM64T _was_ AMD64. That part of your post was wrong. It was > Itanium they dropped.
Ok, I'll admit that I thought it was called ia-64 but couldn't find a reference to it so grabbed EM64T because it looked close. I guess what I was thinking of was ia-32e though.