Why The Latest Linux Kernel Won’t Run On Your 486 And 586 Anymore
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Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had already abando…
  • teppa@piefed.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Intel owns x86, AMD owns x64. Which is funny.

    Intel tried to make Itanium which was incompatible with x86 in order to become a monopoly, but AMD extended x86 with x64. AMD won in the end due to adoption, their first chip was the original Athlon64, which came shortly after the pentium 4 and the ghz wars.

    • wer2@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Intel had a rough time of it then, the Itanium and Pentium 4 were both dead ends design wise.