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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by neogodless on Saturday November 16, 2019 @08:52AM (#21552621)
It's actually the x86-64 instruction set, that is to say, the 64-bit version of x86. AMD created the first implementation of this set with AMD64, and Intel then adopted it with their own flavor as Intel 64. I don't think the headline is as accurate as it could be. Probably wrote the headline with the assumption that "most readers" would better understand "64-bit Intel" than "x86-64" but they might be underestimating their readers! And even then, it's officially called "Intel 64" according to Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Intel_64

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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by diffeomorphism on Saturday November 16, 2019 @09:07AM (#21552671)
> x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64 and Intel 64)

One official name among others. Linux distros tend to refer to it as amd64.

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