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Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re 64bit version of XSI)

Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re 64bit version of XSI)

2005-04-28       - By Brad Friedman

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yes the newer xeons with EM64T are indeed fully compatible with
opterons.  They use a superset of the opteron instruction set.  The
newer instructions on the xeons are SSE related I think.

-brad

Benjamin Huber wrote:

> now hold on - maybe i'm super duh! here but does that imply that
> whatever 64bit extensions intel added to their Xeons
> is fully compatible with that AMD did earlier with their opterons?
>  
> thanks,
>  
> -ben
>
> ---
> ben huber (x83291)
> ilm digimatte
> masters of funny cards
> ---
>
>     -- --Original Message-- --
>     *From:* owner-xsi@(protected)
>     [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]*On Behalf Of *Luc-Eric Rousseau
>     *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:38 PM
>     *To:* XSI@(protected)
>     *Subject:* RE: Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re
>     64bit version of XSI)
>
>     That's a bizzare question, because there is no way to make a
>     64-bit application
>     that runs on AMD64 or Intel xeon 64-bit, without "compiling it for
>     the opteron".  
>     There is just one intruction set.
>
>         -- --Original Message-- --
>         *From:* owner-xsi@(protected)
>         [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]*On Behalf Of *lpiasecki76
>         *Posted At:* Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:14 PM
>         *Posted To:* xsi
>         *Conversation:* Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re
>         64bit version of XSI)
>         *Subject:* Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re
>         64bit version of XSI)
>
>         We will be getting 5-10 extra seats with either 64bit Opteron
>         or Xeons.
>
>         Previously it seemed that AMD and SI were partners. With
>         regards to the 64-bit version of XSI. Will it be 'targeted'
>         (compiled) for Opterons or Xeons? Could you please give us
>         some preliminary speed benchmarks regarding the performance of
>         64-bit XSI on 64-bit Opteron vs. Xeon systems?
>
>          
>
>         Kind regards,
>
>          
>
>         Luke Piasecki
>
>         QA Assurance Specialist
>
>         TVWorks - division of Comcast
>
>         tel.: 963-4327
>
>          
>
>          
>


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yes the newer xeons with EM64T are indeed fully compatible with
opterons.&nbsp; They use a superset of the opteron instruction set.&nbsp; The
newer instructions on the xeons are SSE related I think.<br>
<br>
-brad<br>
<br>
Benjamin Huber wrote:
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 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">now hold on - maybe i'm super duh! here but does
that imply that whatever 64bit extensions intel added to their Xeons</font><
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 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">is fully compatible with that AMD did earlier
with their opterons?</font></span></div>
 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"></span>&nbsp;</div>
 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">thanks,</font></span></div>
 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"></span>&nbsp;</div>
 <div><span class="102035021-28042005"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">-ben</font></span></div>
 <div><span class="102035021-28042005">
 <p><font face="Arial" size="2">---</font><br>
 <font face="Arial" size="2">ben huber (x83291)</font> <br>
 <font face="Arial" size="2">ilm digimatte</font> <br>
 <font face="Arial" size="2">masters of funny cards</font> <br>
 <font face="Arial" size="2">---</font> </p>
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   <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left" dir="ltr"><font
face="Tahoma" size="2">-- --Original Message-- --<br>
   <b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:owner-xsi
@(protected)">owner-xsi@(protected)</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)">mailto
:owner-xsi@(protected)</a>]<b>On Behalf Of </b>Luc-Eric Rousseau<br>
   <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:38 PM<br>
   <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:XSI@(protected)
.COM">XSI@(protected)</a><br>
   <b>Subject:</b> RE: Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re
64bit version of XSI)<br>
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   <div><span class="399053321-28042005"><font color="#000080"
face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">That's a bizzare question, because there
is no way to make a 64-bit application</font></span></div>
   <div><span class="399053321-28042005"><font color="#000080"
face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">that runs on AMD64 or Intel xeon 64-bit,
   </font></span><span class="399053321-28042005"><font color="#000080"
face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">without "compiling it for the opteron".&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></span></div>
   <div><span class="399053321-28042005"><font color="#000080"
face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">There is just one intruction set.</font></span><
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     <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left" dir="ltr"><font
face="Tahoma" size="2">-- --Original Message-- --<br>
     <b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:owner-xsi
@(protected)">owner-xsi@(protected)</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)">mailto
:owner-xsi@(protected)</a>]<b>On Behalf Of </b>lpiasecki76<br>
     <b>Posted At:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:14 PM<br>
     <b>Posted To:</b> xsi<br>
     <b>Conversation:</b> Could anyone from Softimage please confirm
(re 64bit version of XSI)<br>
     <b>Subject:</b> Could anyone from Softimage please confirm (re
64bit version of XSI)<br>
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We will be getting 5-10
extra seats with either 64bit Opteron or Xeons.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Previously it seemed that
AMD and SI were partners. With regards to the 64-bit version of XSI.
Will it be &#8216;targeted&#8217; (compiled) for Opterons or Xeons? Could you
please give us some preliminary speed benchmarks regarding the
performance of 64-bit XSI on 64-bit Opteron vs. Xeon systems?<o:p></o:p></span>
</font></p>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span><
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font><
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">TVWorks &#8211; division of
Comcast<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">tel.: 963-4327<o:p></o:p></span><
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