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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by chrisseaton on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:42PM (#21553842)
> wouldn't it be more accurate to say that Microsoft is working on bringing x86-64 emulation to Windows 10 on ARM

Isn’t that exactly what the title says? Which bit are you quibbling with? Or has the title been changed?

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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:52PM (#21553914)
That AMD made x86-64, not Intel.
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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by chrisseaton on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:55PM (#21553941)
They’re all just different names for the same ISA, and both parties have extended it since. Are you complaining about credit? AMD just extended Intel’s design to a wider format. Why should AMD get more credit? I do write AMD64 myself, but title is fine.
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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 16, 2019 @05:57PM (#21555488)
> AMD just extended Intel’s design to a wider format.

In that case just call it x86 as a catchall. But if you're going through the effort to specify the 64 bit ISA, then "Intel's" stops being particularly correct.

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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by sebazzz on Saturday November 16, 2019 @03:35PM (#21554795)
It is probably nitpicking, but IA64/Intel64 is also used for the Itanium instruction set.
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Re:Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation ... by axaxs on Saturday November 16, 2019 @01:03PM (#21553965)
I'd argue that x86-64 is more clear and precise. Intel has other 64 bit architectures...
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