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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:06:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > AMD, Cyrix.  The amd64 arch is for the new 64 bit Opterons (i.e. FX64).
>
> What is "FX64"???
>
> "Opteron" is the server 64-bit CPU
> "Athlon64 FX51" is the high-end desktop CPU
> "Athlon64" is the desktop CPU

I can't keep the model #'s straight since they don't make any sense.  Not
to mention it's impossible to find clock frequencies on amd.com.  But
that's pretty far OT.

-Nate