Bug#254598: Name of the Debian x86-64/AMD64 port
> > x86-64 is amd's official name for the architecture.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:46:55PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote:
> No its not, "amd64" is amd's official name for the architecture and has
> been since ~ April 2003, when the first actual chips were released.
Sorry, I should have said "was amd's official name for the architecture".
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_875_1024,00.html
Anyways, this is the original notation that x86_64 came from.
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Raul
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