Windows variants set for 64-bit AMD chips
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 09 April 2003 - 15:34 · 7 comments & 406 views
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#1 Posted by JaggedFlame on 09 Apr 2003 - 15:41
- And where are all the naysayers now?
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#2 Posted by monkeydust on 09 Apr 2003 - 17:33
- So, is there going to be two different versions of 64-bit WinXP? One for AMD chips and one for Intel chips?
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#3 Posted by trance on 09 Apr 2003 - 17:59
- Yes.. 2 seperate versions. Just like there were different versions when Alpha and Mips were still around. (Anyone remember those? :-)
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#4 Posted by monkeydust on 09 Apr 2003 - 18:05
- Hmm... That kinda sucks that there would be seperate versions. If I have a 64-bit AMD system and then after a while I decide to upgrade to a new 64-bit Intel system, I'd have to buy a new OS.
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#4.1 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 09 Apr 2003 - 18:37
- [neoquote=#4.0 by monkeydust]Hmm... That kinda sucks that there would be seperate versions. If I have a 64-bit AMD system and then after a while I decide to upgrade to a new 64-bit Intel system, I'd have to buy a new OS. [/neoquote]
That's the way of things...
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#5 Posted by hardgiant on 09 Apr 2003 - 22:11
- I'm shocked by this, I thought M$ would simply let Linux 64 take the lead.
Microsoft said Wednesday that it will offer a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 for AMD's Opteron server chip. The software giant also intends to release a 64-bit variant of Windows XP for the chipmaker's Athlon 64 processor for desktops and notebooks. Microsoft and AMD have been working together since at least April 2002. The two companies have since demonstrated prototype versions of the 64-bit server software and other Microsoft applications running on Opteron servers.
But until now, the software maker had not officially named the versions of its operating system that would be adapted for AMD chips. Beta versions of the operating systems will be available at midyear, Microsoft said. Opteron, the first of the two 64-bit chips to debut from AMD, will launch later this month at an event in New York. The Athlon 64 launch is set for September, AMD has said. The new chips are designed to offer higher performance than current AMD processors. But their most prominent feature will be 64-bit addressing, a feature that AMD has dubbed x86-64.
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