Subj : Re: X86S
To   : Nightfox
From : tenser
Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 07:54:12

On 24 Apr 2024 at 09:46a, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni>  Sp> Was going to point out as I started reading, the Itanium arrived firs
 Ni>  Sp> don't remember seeing it for anything other than server class hardwar
 Ni>  Sp> and everything had to be re-written/compiled for it.  Where as AMD64 
 Ni>  Sp> more an extension for X32 and was backwardly compatible.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I know I'm just being pedantic, but the 32-bit mode is called x86, not
 Ni> x32.  I think the name comes from Intel's early processor, the 8086.

If you _really_ want to be pedantic about it, Intel calls the
32-bit environment "IA-32e compatibility mode".  :-D  At least,
when running a real OS that actually understands modern hardware.
The architecture was called IA-32 starting with the 80386.

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