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<p>This page contains information of the FreeBSD port to <a
href="http://www.amd.com/">AMD's</a> AMD64 and <a
href="http://www.intel.com/info/em64t">Intel&reg;
64</a> architecture. The
64</a> architecture, often also known as <q>x86-64</q> or
<q>x64</q>. &os;/amd64 is suitable for almost all recent
AMD and Intel CPUs.</p>
<p>The
AMD64 architecture was previously known as <q>Hammer</q>.
The Intel 64 architecture was previously known as Yamhill,
Clackamas Technology (CT), IA-32e, and EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit
Technology). Generically, the platform is often known as
<q>x86-64</q> or <q>x64</q>.</p>
Technology).</p>
<p>The AMD Opteron&trade;, AMD Athlon&trade; 64, AMD Turion&trade;
64 and newer AMD Sempron&trade; processors use the AMD64
<p>Newer AMD Sempron&trade;, the AMD Opteron&trade;, AMD Athlon&trade;
64, AMD Turion&trade; and AMD Phenom&trade; processors, and processors
with AMD <q>Bulldozer</q> and <q>Bobcat</q> cores all use the AMD64
architecture.</p>
<p>The Intel vPro&trade;, Intel Celeron D (some models since <q>Prescott</q>),
Intel Centrino&reg; Duo, Intel Centrino&reg; Pro,
Intel Viiv&trade;, Intel Core&trade;2 Extreme, Intel Core&trade;2 Quad,
Intel Core&trade;2 Duo, Intel Xeon (3000-sequence, 5000-sequence, and
7000-sequence) processors use the Intel&reg;64 architecture.</p>
7000-sequence), and the Intel Core&trade; i range of processors use
the Intel&reg; 64 architecture.</p>
<h3>Status</h3>
<p>FreeBSD/amd64 runs in 64-bit multiuser mode, in both
Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor mode.</p>
<p>The AMD64 platform is currently a <a
<p>The AMD64 platform is a <a
href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier
1</a> FreeBSD platform.</p>