[X4U] Intel Duo 32-64 bit?

[Richard Gilmore]

I'm interested in this and read quite a bit about the 64 bit architecture
but I'm still pretty unclear about Intel's switch to 64 and what chips
they'll use and which ones will go into Apple. I guess maybe no one knows?
But maybe someone does? Is there an website or what's the collective
knowledge of the list? The Itanium is a totally different architecture from
what I gather and will need apps to be recompiled before they're able to
run?


On 14/1/06 1:04 AM, "B. Kuestner" <kuestner at macnews.de> wrote:

>> Also, if I recall correctly, Intel¹s current 64bit chip is based on
>> the old Pentium architecture, but they¹ll have a 64bit version of
>> the low power chip this summer for the Power Mac.
> 
> Yes if by 64-bit you mean the extension to the old x64 ISA. Intel
> fledged that onto the Pentium IV, whereas the Core chips are
> successors to the Pentium M.
> 
> But Intel has their own non-x86 64-bit architecture which has failed
> to gain much success so far. But the Itanium II looks much better
> than the first release and the compilers seem to be getting into gear
> as well.
> 
> Björn
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