Windows XP 64-Bit Edition beta doesn't support Nocona

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    They get a version by the end of the month but AMD had to wait several months and its still in beta.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Ladies and gentlemen, Intel is the reason you do not see WinXP 64BE on the market today.

    Marc is correct. The release of 64BE was delayed because Intel wanted to retool their Xeon CPU for what is apparently "The slowest implementation of X86-64 the world has ever seen."
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