Xeon

[Dan Jenkins]

Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> This is a fairly dumb question, but can anyone tell me if a Xeon CPU is
> 32-bit or 64-bit? I am going to be doing some development work on dual
> xeon servers, and I don't know if I need the ia64 version of Debian, or
> the ia32 version. I know that the Xeon has been classified in some of
> the stuff that I read as "ia32e", but that doesn't do me any good as far
> as choosing the correct distribution... I suppose this is what I get for
> ignoring modern hardware :-)

64-bit

Not a dumb question. I'm using one for my primary desktop system and I 
wasn't sure. (I thought it was, but I'd forgotten.) I never use it for 
other than 32-bit compatibility at present.

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