"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> 32-bit so x86. Makes perfect sense to me.
>>> 86/32=2.6875*(11.906976744=32.) I see. :O)
>>>
>> 'Comes from 8086 8088 i186 i286 i386 and i486. The i586 moniker never
>> happened as Intel called it the Pentium, instead. The i386 (also called
>> 80386) was the first to sport what is called "32-bit architecture". First
>> to company to build gets to name:
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I386
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>> Look to bottom of page for links to the various Intel processors. >
> No, it comes from the x86 instruction set, used on those processors.
> x86-64 is a superset of that, and x64 must just be a contraction of that.
>
> ss.
>
You forgot your cite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
Saucy