AMD, Microsoft push x64 for businesses
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Processor maker AMD and Microsoft are partnering to move corporate customers over to x64-based 64-bit servers. Microsoft is hosting x64 servers running AMD Opteron processors at its worldwide Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) so customers can test applications and services on the new platform. The x64 platform was derived from AMD's AMD-64 work, which basically added 64-bit capabilities to the aging x86 processor line. Now expected to be the dominant PC platform of the future, thanks in part to an endorsement from Intel, which is adding x64 capabilities to its own processors, x64 is becoming an increasingly interesting alternative for customers who want higher amounts of memory and other resources. I've been running an x64 desktop machine since September, and I'll never go back. Have no doubt; x64 is the platform of the future.