video At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Craig Barrett announces and demonstrates 64-bit extensions to the company's existing x86 architecture.
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video At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Craig Barrett announces and demonstrates 64-bit extensions to the company's existing x86 architecture.
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