macdawg
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here is what I read...
"IS Pentium-D a TRUE 64-BIT PROCESSOR?
A true 64-bit processor is one-single-chip and is used ONLY in high-end server applications (Intel & AMD products). Pentium D is NOT a true 64-bit processor (AMD does not offer one for desktops either – regardless of what you have heard…) Pentium D uses two 32-bit processors side-by-side to ‘mimic’ 64-bit functionality. In the consumer-SMB markets this is more than acceptable."
So I guess this is why they say the P4 600 series is an emulated 64 bit processor, and intel is saying that AMD is an emulated 64 bit processor too, not one 64 bit processor.
Kinda confusing.
"IS Pentium-D a TRUE 64-BIT PROCESSOR?
A true 64-bit processor is one-single-chip and is used ONLY in high-end server applications (Intel & AMD products). Pentium D is NOT a true 64-bit processor (AMD does not offer one for desktops either – regardless of what you have heard…) Pentium D uses two 32-bit processors side-by-side to ‘mimic’ 64-bit functionality. In the consumer-SMB markets this is more than acceptable."
So I guess this is why they say the P4 600 series is an emulated 64 bit processor, and intel is saying that AMD is an emulated 64 bit processor too, not one 64 bit processor.
Kinda confusing.