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<sect1 id="proc"> <sect1 id="proc">
<title>Supported Processors and Motherboards</title> <title>Supported Processors and Motherboards</title>
<para>&os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print; <para>Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print;
(<quote>Hammer</quote>) architecture since mid-2003. It made its (<quote>Hammer</quote>) and Intel EM64T architecture,
first debut as an experimental release based on &os; and is now one of the Tier-1 platforms (fully
5.1-RELEASE.</para> supported architecture), which are expected to be Production
Quality with respects to all aspects of the &os; operating system,
including installation and development environments.</para>
<para>As of this writing, this port supports the Athlon64 <para>Note that there are two names for this architecture,
(<quote>Clawhammer</quote>) and Opteron AMD64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit Technology).
(<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>) machines. The largest tested 64-bit mode of the two architectures are almost compatible
with each other, and &os;/&arch; should support the both.</para>
<para>As of this writing, the following processors are
supported:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>AMD Athlon64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>AMD Opteron (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel 64-bit Xeon (<quote>Nacona</quote>).
This processor is fabricated on 90nm process technology, and operates
with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and Intel E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T
(<quote>Prescott</quote>).
This is fabricated on 90nm process technology,
uses FC-LGA775 package, and operates with 3.20F/3.40F/3.60F GHz
and Intel 925X Express chipsets.
The corresponding S-Spec numbers are SL7L9, SL7L8, SL7LA, SL7NZ, SL7PZ,
and SL7PX. Note that processors marked as 5xx numbers do not support
EM64T.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Intel EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and
different from Intel IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which &os;/ia64
supports. Some Intel's old documentation refers to Intel EM64T as
<quote>64-bit extension technology</quote> or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
<para>The largest tested
memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been
recently completed and is reasonably robust.</para> recently completed and is reasonably robust.</para>

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<title>About &os;</title> <title>About &os;</title>
<para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for
Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha),
hardware (&i386;), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64),
(pc98), DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha computers (alpha), Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (i386),
and &ultrasparc; machines (&sparc64;). Versions Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64),
for the IA64 (ia64), &powerpc; (&powerpc;), and AMD NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98),
<quote>Hammer</quote> (amd64) architectures are currently under and &ultrasparc; machines (sparc64). Versions
for the &powerpc; (powerpc), and &mips; (mips)
architectures are currently under
development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of
peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything
from software development to games to Internet Service from software development to games to Internet Service