Having compatibility on AMD and Intel based Processors.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 2:28 am
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From the programmers point of view both processors are perfectly comaptible for the standard IA-32 part. This probably doesn't make much sense but what i mean is that if you are doing basic operations which are part of the x86 and x87 instruction set the processors will be compatible. The only differences arrive from the company specific technologies that they implement to improve performance ie 3DNow and SSE. As long as you stay clear of these and stick purely to x86 and x87 you should be fine.
Peter