Inter Quad

[Spearball]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017

Is this cpu purely 64 bit or is it emulated? Are the new intels pure 64 bit?

Thanks

[dogdude16]

I think 64 bit Support means that is can run 64 bit processes but it is backwards compatible. A 64 bit processor is handy if you want to run 64 bit vista or xp but all processors now days have 64 bit support.

I hope i helped at all

[Spearball]

Thanks dogdude16

What i meant was is that processor a PURE 64 bit chip like the athlon 64 line. I remember a while back i don'think intels chips were actually 64 bit they were emulated. Am i right or wrong?

[liambl]

I think it is still emulated by Intel's EM64T technonlogy but I may be wrong.

[pam123]

That stands fro Extended Memory Technology and it's part of the chip architecture.
Full story here : http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/develope...bit/290450.htm

[Icyman23]

lol

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by pam123 That stands fro Extended Memory Technology and it's part of the chip architecture. Full story here : http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/develope...bit/290450.htm

I'll have to read it a dozen times as it's as clear as mud:

What is Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology? Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology, or Intel®64, is an enhancement to Intel's IA-32 architecture. The enhancement allows the processor to run newly written 64-bit code and access larger amounts of memory. These extensions do not run code written for the Intel® Itanium® processor.

Sounds like 32 bit...

Is Intel®64 the same technology used in the Itanium® 2 processor? No. Intel®64 is an extension to Intel's processors based on the IA-32 architecture.

Still sounds like 32 bit...

I have two platforms: one based on an IA-32 architecture processor family with Intel®64, and one based on an IA-32 architecture family without Intel®64.

Even just the question says it's 32 bit...

A lot of weasle words to me. If it's a 64 bit CPU, why not simple state it's a 64 bit CPU???

I think that omission is a very big statement in and of itself.

[Spearball]

So how does intels 64 bit chips compare with amd64 running in 64 bit mode for example?

[pam123]

All chips now out are based on 32 bit architecture, no surprises there,.
64 bit is an extension of that architecture, no surprises there either.
You enhance the memory architecture to get it to do that and the chip is backwards compatible with 32 bit programs.
To put it another way, you can run 32 bit programs on a cpu that can handle 64 bit processing.
So XP runs just fine.
You cannot, however, run 64 bit programs on a 32 bit processor.
So, even if you wanted to, you cannot run Vista 64 on that XP Athlon.

64-bit computer architecture provides higher performance than 32-bit architecture by handling twice as many bits of information in the same clock cycle.

Think of it as DDR for processors.

edit : The point is that it's a hardware change.

[pam123]

Originally Posted by Spearball So how does intels 64 bit chips compare with amd64 running in 64 bit mode for example?

Head over to Tom's Hardware and pull up their cpu chart.

[TwoRails]

I interpret Spearball's question as: Is it a 32 bit CPU that can "do" 64 bit instructions? Or is it a 64 bit that can do 32 bit?

My point is that in the few Intel articles I've read, I've never seen it stated as a 64 bit CPU. They always say stuff like (from above):

" Intel®64 is an extension to Intel's processors based on the IA-32 architecture."

To me that is saying it is a 32 bit that can do 64 bit stuff...

[pam123]

OK you need this : http://www.intel.com/technology/arch...el64/index.htm

If you want download the PDF's and read about the hardware changes.

It's a 64 bit processor that can do 32 bit instructions.