Customers can now purchase workstations using Intel’s Nocona Xeon processor, with 64-bit extensions to the x86 instruction set, but they can’t run the beta 64-bit version of Windows designed for those extensions on the new workstations.
A beta version of Windows compatible with Intel’s 64-bit extensions technology is expected to be released by the end of next month, according to sources close to Microsoft. Intel is planning to introduce a server chipset for its Nocona Xeon processors in August, right around the time the new beta version is expected.
Source: InfoWorld
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