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To: Petz who wrote (28784)	2/16/2001 10:59:42 PM
From: eplace	Read Replies (2) of 263113

John, I don't know if this is of any relevance, but if a public announcement is ever made it could be big for AMD. Out of curiosity I e-mailed Microsoft to see what they had to say about supporting Sledgehammer with x86-64 extensions. Here is a copy of the e-mail: --- Original Message --- From: eplace@cnetco.com To: microsoftcom_contactus@css.one.microsoft.com Sent: Sat Feb 10 16:15:58 PST 2001 Subject: Microsoft.Com ContactUs User selected feedback type: Product, General Comments Product: Windows NT Workstation 4.0 User country: United States Language ID: en User browser: Mozilla/4.72 [en] (Win98; I) User Comment: I would just like to know if Microsoft is planning to support AMD's future Sledgehammer processor with x86-64 extensions. Their answer Subject: RE: CST25128454ID - Microsoft.Com ContactUs Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:40:58 -0800 From: microsoftcom_contactus@css.one.microsoft.com To: <eplace@cnetco.com> Hello and Thank you for contacting Microsoft. Yes we are always working with AMD to make our OS compatible. Thank you, name deleted microsoft.com This would be big news if Microsoft were to announce Windows x86-64. Ed P.

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