[Cialug] stupid processor question

[Chris Hilton]

i686 is the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Pentium M, 
Pentium 4M (duh).
Athlon is fully i686 compatible, and also supports a little extra; that 
makes up the Athlon arch.
amd_64, is Athlon64.
x86_64, I think is two instructions different and works on Intel's EM64T 
as well.
i586 is Pentium and AMD K6-2 (maybe K6 too I think?)
i486 is well 486.
etc.

I hope I got that all correct!

Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to remedial computer
>school.
>
>Which processors fall within the classification of i686-class?
>
>Does the PIII count?  Xeon?  Which AMD chips would count?  Athlon?
>
>I'm sorry, I thought I had this straight, the more I read on this issue the
>more confused I become.
>
>Also, thanks to Dave for the great intro to CVS.  It really cleared up some
>mysteries for me.
>
>-Nate
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