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Old 13th November 2008
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Originally Posted by Oko View Post
I am not sure that we use AMD64 terminology in the same sense. For me AMD64 is native 64bits processor architecture and has nothing to do with the manufacturer. Both Intel and AMD manufactured processors can run it without any problem.
We're on the same page here.

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Originally Posted by Oko
The same processors can run in 32 bits mode which
is popularly called i386. If the system runs in 64 bits mode compiled binaries will not be able to run on machine which runs in 32 bits mode.
I know 32-bit systems cannot run 64-bit binaries.
All AMD64 processors can run in 32-bit mode? Is that a BIOS option?
Also, 64-bit processors can run 32-bit binaries? I thought that was only a Windows feature.

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Originally Posted by Oko
You are right about processor emulators. I am familiar with SPIM which emulates MIPS processor (the best processor architecture by a mile) and also GXemul which can emulate ARM, MIPS, and PPC. I am not aware of the AMD64 emulator for i386 processor.

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I'll have to look into those emulators though, seems like I could make use of them. If I'm correct all of those are most commonly used in mobile devices?
Know of any SPARC emulators?
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