On 14/03/2021 07:49, Susmita/Rajib wrote:
While Intel PCs are also 64bit processors?
For instance, my current laptop is Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15ISK 80XH01FKIN
15.6-inch Laptop (6th Gen Core i3-6006U/4GB/2TB/Integrated Graphics),
a 64bit processor.
It can't be that intellectuals, technocrats and cognitive elites
involved in the development of this complete OS+packages could be
misplaced in their perceptions. This is impossible.
So why such naming?
Could I be educated in this regard please?
Because AMD was first in developing what is now known as amd64; at the
time Intel was pursuing its non-i386-compatible architecture ia64. Later
it also implemented the same architecture as AMD, but the name was stuck.
I believe the i in i386 and similar stands for Intel, and yet several
other companies also made i386 chips.
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