On 14/03/2021 07:49, Susmita/Rajib wrote:
While Intel PCs are also 64bit processors? For instance, my current laptop is Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15ISK 80XH01FKIN 15.6-inch Laptop (6th Gen Core i3-6006U/4GB/2TB/Integrated Graphics), a 64bit processor. It can't be that intellectuals, technocrats and cognitive elites involved in the development of this complete OS+packages could be misplaced in their perceptions. This is impossible. So why such naming? Could I be educated in this regard please?
Because AMD was first in developing what is now known as amd64; at the time Intel was pursuing its non-i386-compatible architecture ia64. Later it also implemented the same architecture as AMD, but the name was stuck.
I believe the i in i386 and similar stands for Intel, and yet several other companies also made i386 chips.
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