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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:49:19 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD64 and lang/gcc3x on -CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20040222174919.GF91129@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200402220057.36903.peter@wemm.org>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0402162226320.14531-100000@wn4.sci.kun.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402180933140.19109@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <200402220057.36903.peter@wemm.org>

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:57:36AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> However, Intel haven't chosen either of the two names..
> They've done their own one.  "IA-32e" was mentioned several times at
> the IDF this week.

My guess is it would wreck havoc with Intel's FUD that AMD64 isn't really
64-bits if Intel also used "64" in the platform's name.  Intel has having
to walk a very fine line to keep from damaging other product lines...



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