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Prescott may have hidden 64-bit functionality (2003)
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xattt
on Oct 8, 2023
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xattt
on Oct 8, 2023
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> Prescott will not be an IA64 processor ... So whatever is in that extra chip area will forever remain hidden.
BIOS updates were issued within a 1-2 year time frame that enabled x64 on Prescott.
raverbashing
on Oct 8, 2023
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Well, yeah, obviously it won't be an IA64 (which is the Itanium arch)
But AMD64 yeah
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BIOS updates were issued within a 1-2 year time frame that enabled x64 on Prescott.