Re: 64 bits ORACLE database 10Gr2 on LINUX server???

On 5/31/06, dba1 mcc <mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

we have DELL 6800 server (Xeon 64 bits) with Redhat As
4.0 (64 bits) installed on it.

After I installed ORACLE LINUX 10GR2 64 bits software
and I found following:

    select platform_id, platform_name from v$database;

     13
     Linux 64-bit for AMD

is it typo for ORACLE? does it mean INTEL chip not
compatible with 64 bit ORACLE?

Thanks. 



AMD came out with the x86-64 instruction set long before Intel did - way
back when the Itanium chip was where Intel wanted the market to go ... along
with HP.
Intel later grudgingly adopted the features, branded as "EM64T".

hth.

Paul

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