Facts and Assumptions of the AMD 'Hammer'

Digi-Life has a rather lengthily article up that sheds some light on the mysteries behind the AMD x86-64 processor architecture. They dive into processor modes and even touch on memory speeds and potential throughput. The read is very informative though I don't suspect we will know everything until the processor is released sometime next year.
"Those who don't need these new features may not use them - nothing changes for 32bit applications. Besides, you can use 32bit applications in the 64bit OS."

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