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X64 is an addition to the existing x86 and so is only here because of Intel’s efforts.
Well IBM popularised the 8086 by using it in their PC, but the design was all Intel. IA-64 was RISC based and revolutionary and turned out to be too risky! The simple x64 extension to x86 was more popular due to the easy backwards compatibility with the existing Intel standard. The Intel AMD architecture licensing agreement is now entirely symbiotic.
Sure, that is well known to enthusiasts and has no bearing on my laughing at people who witter on about how innovative AMD are when you consider the bigger picture historically.
It's Intel's ISA, all IBM did was to mandate a second supplier for supply diversity so let's not spin that into a big deal.
Intel fails at the following:
Recruiting an army of fanboys
Yep. I was just about to buy an official UHD drive when I discovered this. So despite all my hardware being compliant I still wouldn't be able to play 4K Blu-Rays just because I would rather use my 1080Ti than the Intel iGPU. The Nvidia card is HDCP 2.2 compliant so this is just bonkers. You know your DRM is broken when someone with a compliant specification has to resort to unofficial methods.
The 3900x is only behind the Intel 14 and 16 core parts that cost 3 times as much, it easily beats the 9900kZen 2 has improved with regard DAW usage but still behind Intel:
The 12C is 5 to 10% faster than the Intel 8C at the buffer sizes that people typically use; the larger sizes are akin to gaming at 720p.
