[Gllug] IA32? IA64? x86...

Thu Oct 3 10:47:20 UTC 2002

> Can one of the hardware gurus explain what's what? Which processors are
> IA32 (i{3|4|5}86?), which IA64? Where does i686 fit in the scheme? How is
> the Itanium related (if at all?)
>

IA64 is Intel 64 bit architecture - ie. Itanium 
the others are Intel 32 bit architecture - ie. your typical PC
686 is historical nomenclature - 386, 486 ... 686

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