intel 64bit?

[Odd]

Dedhi Sujatmiko wrote:
> Odd wrote:
>> Ubuntu doesn't exist for Itanium. And it's highly unlikely that
>> anyone using a Itanium based machine woul be confused
>> about these things. You're only adding to the confusion.
>>   
> 
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/hardy/release/ubuntu-8.04.1-server-ia64.iso

Interesting. Didn't know that. Seems there is a newer version here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-ia64.iso
Thanks for making me aware.

> siva at akula:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor : GenuineIntel
> arch : IA-64
> family : Itanium 2
> model : 1
> revision : 5
> archrev : 0
> features : branchlong
> cpu number : 0
> cpu regs : 4
> cpu MHz : 999.995475
> itc MHz : 999.995475
> BogoMIPS : 1497.36
>>   
>> It's generally called x64.
> 
> Ah, I just quoting this : 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SupportedArchitectures

It's still being used, but to a lesser degree. Microsoft often sets
the agenda, and they've been using x64 since they launched the
64 bit version of XP.

-- 
Odd