Reply to post: Re: Not the 2nd 64 Windows

'It's dead, Jim': Torvalds marks Intel Itanium processors as orphaned in Linux kernel

Daniel von Asmuth
Windows

Re: Not the 2nd 64 Windows

IMHO all the initial NT architectures were 32-bit, little-endian. Microsoft planned a 64-bit version of Windows 2000, but it was cancelled, so the Itanium was the first 64-bit Windows, followed by AMD 64.

I suppose x86 (and its 64-bit cousin) are (brain)dead as well.

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