Comment on Intel introduces 3-GHz desktop chip (2002)parentComments−yuhong12yI wonder why it took until later in 2006 before a version of Pentium M showed up with 64-bit support.−nilsbunger12yIntel didn't release any 64-bit x86 processors until 2005. They bet so heavily on the alternative, Itanium, that it took them a few years to recover.EDIT: it was actually mid-2004, as noted below.−yuhong12yThey release the first 64-bit Xeon in mid 2004.
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I wonder why it took until later in 2006 before a version of Pentium M showed up with 64-bit support.
Intel didn't release any 64-bit x86 processors until 2005. They bet so heavily on the alternative, Itanium, that it took them a few years to recover.
EDIT: it was actually mid-2004, as noted below.
They release the first 64-bit Xeon in mid 2004.