64 bit question

[Phil Bieber]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:02, Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/6/12 Phil Bieber <philbieber at gmail.com>:
>> Hi!
>> I've been running Ubuntu 64 bit for quite a while on Core 2 Duo.
>> AMD64 is just a generic name for all 64 Bit processors / technologies out there!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Phil Bieber
>
> I think it's wrong to say that it's a generic name for all 64 bits
> processors. 64 bits CPU:s is not only the latest processors from AMD
> and Intel with the x86-64 extension. There are many vendors with other
> 64 bits architectures, like PowerPC and Intels Itanium (IA-64), and
> they are not supported by the latest Ubuntu AMD64.
>
> But for the OP question about support for the Intel Dual Core (as
> already answered) the Ubuntu AMD64 works fine.
>
> / Jonas
>

True,
what I ment was "a generic name for all i386 based 64 Bit CPUs" or
something in that general direction :)

Thanks for the clarification.

Cheers
Phil Bieber
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