Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:19:34 +0200 From: "Ross Cameron" <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> To: josh.carroll@gmail.com Cc: Tom Marchand <m0rchand@comcast.net>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xeon Quad Core (Was: Server Freezing Solid) Message-ID: <35f70db10811250219t71677dadn76d43cebcda1037f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0811241711n1166fe67g6e126950ac1c29a9@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2e0a4330811110642k688c2c9aq9fbb9832f5382c53@mail.gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEPNCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20081112100640.GA21560@icarus.home.lan> <492AF564.5050605@chrismaness.com> <20081124200044.A1528@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <E0EEF5B2-7882-4013-93E9-D047D09959A6@comcast.net> <8cb6106e0811241711n1166fe67g6e126950ac1c29a9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I always thought AMD was Intel compatible.
>
> In this case, it's the reverse. Intel's EM64T extensions are compatible
> with AMD's X86-64.
Also don't forget that SSE5 instruction set for x86 was entirely
designed by AMD.
http://developer.amd.com/cpu/SSE5/Pages/default.aspx
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