Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Interesting freebie w/ Win32 apps on Win64/AMD64. I'm assuming they mean that the OS resides above the 4GB memory boundary, or can move there, to allow more accessible memory to Win32 apps.
Paul
Improved memory usage
"With a 32-bit system, the operating system takes up to half of the virtual address space, leaving only 2 to 3 gigabytes for the application," Weber said. "With a 64-bit system the OS moves out of the way and the application gets the complete 4 gigs of virtual address space," Weber said.

Also -In another sign of how engineering workflows are changing from Sun Solaris/RISC flows, Weber said AMD's K9 processor will tape out entirely on x86 processors running Linux.
http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20030604S0030