Feb 12
Following on from a previous article, we’ve found some more information which does indeed suggest these chips are 64-bit. Intel Sossaman was the codename for a low-voltage Xeon (Dual core 64-bit Intel server chip) and it was expected to be shipped under the Xeon brand, but it got cancelled. Now reports suggest that the cancelled Sossaman was later brought back and is now shipping as the Yonah chip, aka the chips in your MacBook and Intel iMac. This is one of the reasons why Windows won’t run on the Mactel models, you need to use the 64-bit version. So the real questions is, why are 64-bit chips being used with 32-bit operating systems? Is there a flaw?
March 7th, 2006 at 2:49 am
“why are 64-bit chips being used with 32-bit operating systems?”
Do I need to remember that G5 chips was also a 64 Bits processor, so Os X was 64 bits enabled long time ago?.