From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: assembly language and AMD processors
Date: 6 Jan 2000 18:03:31 GMT
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GAMMELJL AT slu DOT edu wrote:
>      Is the assembly language instruction set for an AMD processor 
> identical to the instruction set for the Intel 486 architecture?
> Or is it more like the instruction set for an alpha processor?

No. The AMD 'Athlon' has the usual x86 instruction set, plus some
extensions found in older AMD processors like K6-II and K6-III
(3DNow!, replacing Intel's ISSE stuff). If that weren't the case,
nobody would be using that new processor for Windows machines,
would they?

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.