[arch-releng] dual arch CDs [was: A TODO draft for next installation media]

[Heiko Baums]

Am Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:11:44 +0100
schrieb Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>:

> There lots of Atom CPUs out there without 64 bit support. Also the
> Core Solo/Core Duo Laptop CPUs had no 64 bit (but now that I think
> about it, that was 2006).

Regarding the Atoms I just found this German article:
http://www.pcwelt.de/intel_virtualnotebook/cpu/technik_trends/154029/intel_atom_die_2_watt_cpu_im_detail/

"Der x86-Prozessor beherrscht auch gängigen Funktionen wie die
Befehlssatz-Erweiterung SSE3, unterstützt 32- und
64-Bit-Betriebssysteme und -Programme sowie die Virtualisierung in
Hardware."

And these specifications from Intel:
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35641
"Instruction Set	64-bit"

And here's a thread about Ubuntu on Atoms at linuxquestions.org:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/intel-atom-330-ubuntu-64bit-or-32bit-707347/

So also at least the newer Atoms seem to be 64 bit CPUs. But I can't
verify this.

Greetings,
Heiko