Microsoft To Support AMD’s Hammer 64-Bit CPU

Microsoft Corp. is finally expected to formally announce that it will support AMD’s 64-bit “Hammer” line in future operating systems, sources said Tuesday. Sources within AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., said that the company will announce the Hammer support in a press conference tomorrow at 4:30 PM, after the market closes. In a notice sent to press and analysts, AMD described the press conference as one where the company ‘answers the 64-bit question’.” Read the rest of the report at ExtremeTech. Update: Read more for a leaked memo. Update 2 AMD has renamed its “Hammer” 64-bit server line with the “Opteron” brand name.“Today … we booted and are running the 64-bit versions of Windows XP on the AMD64 K8 system. … The hardware is unbelievably solid for a chip that just popped out of the oven a mere month ago,” it states. The leaked memo, dated Feb. 7, was sent from Dave Cutler, a senior Distinguished Engineer with the Windows Base Team, to Microsoft executives including Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer. The memo goes on to say that “in addition to running the 64-bit system, we can dual boot into the 32-bit version of XP as well on the very same hardware without any changes.”

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