AMD64 Opteron: First Look

摘要

The Opteron is breakthrough 64-bit processor technology, one that seems destined to provide high performance and cost savings for cleanly migrating 32-bit architecture programs into a 64-bit application space. In the near future, the upside for 64-bit "long mode" applications running on Linux seems high indeed, because eight-way SMP processors are coming. Linux Journal will be covering this emergent technology with additional articles in the future.