x86 is the architecture, amd64 is an extention on that architecture so it’s still x86 just with an instruction set extension that allows for native 64 bit computing.
x86 was designed to be nearly fully backwards compatible back to the i386 or even the 8086 so whatever code that could run on those CPUs would work on modern “amd64” CPUs.
Pretty much x86 is a snowball rolling down a hill. It keeps picking up new things and growing as time goes on but the core of it will always be the same.
x86 is already dead yo
edit: downvoters don’t understand they are using amd64 and not x86 lol wtf
edit 2: downvoters of this comment are computer-illiterate
x86 is the architecture, amd64 is an extention on that architecture so it’s still x86 just with an instruction set extension that allows for native 64 bit computing.
x86 was designed to be nearly fully backwards compatible back to the i386 or even the 8086 so whatever code that could run on those CPUs would work on modern “amd64” CPUs.
Pretty much x86 is a snowball rolling down a hill. It keeps picking up new things and growing as time goes on but the core of it will always be the same.
What are you smoking lmao
What are you smoking? x86 has been gone for years. Y’all are using amd64.
x86_64 ?
It’s always amusing when someone thinks they know something, then aggressively tells others, only to be wrong.
amd64, also known as x86_64 is an extension to x86. It’s still x86 in the same way a car is still a car even if you bolt a trailer onto it.
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good point. It still makes me smile how that one went down. imagine if we were all on f’ing itanium instead.
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