Intel quietly ships 64-bit Prescott

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:53 am

64-bit Intel Xeon Shipped??? WTF!

Intel has quietly released a Pentium 4 Prescott processor equipped with 64-bit instruction-set extensions. The news came to light as an unheralded part of IBM's rollout of a new family of 64-bit servers.

The 64-bit Intel Xeon — formerly code-named Nancona — is a hybrid 32/64 bit CPU, which can run both 32- and 64-bit software via a set of 64-bit instruction-set extensions. The 64-bit version of Prescott, which had only been hinted at previously, was expected to be a desktop chip. Now, Intel says it's positioned as a server part for OEMs.

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LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:10 pm

My gut reaction is that they aren't overly impressed with it, or the 64 bit OS. Don't you think that if it were a bigf deal they would be hyping the crap out of it?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:56 pm

I think it has more to do with intel not wanting the xeon compeating with the itainum. if the xeon preforms better than the itainum in 64bit then people are going to just say to hell with itainum. That and intel has never realy seen AMD as a threat. im thinking that they sould soon as the A64 has shown itself to be quite the little CPU, now if they can only get the price down, then people will jump on board.