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I have no idea what you're talking about. Amd and Intel match on the isa in any case you'd see typically. Moreover, Intel is currently using AMDs instruction set. X86_64 was designed my amd and used to be called AMD64



It's never this simple. Their SIMD extensions differ for one, or at least did in the past.


How long ago is that past?

If we are talking about 3D-Now, that is long dead and buried. If we are talking about the latest AVX-whatever, not even Intel is consistent, with different processor families supporting different subsets and applying different clock policies.


AVX-512, which Intel had since 2016 and AMD caught up with supposedly in 2022, is probably what I was thinking of. So, long ago but also not long ago ;)

Yes it was Intel's own spec, so of course they're gonna implement it first, but that's exactly what I mean. This is a recurring dance, and I'll pay a little more for the one that sets the standard. If this weren't a thing, they'd both just be commodity.




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