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No. 64-bit Windows will not run on 32-bit architecture, and, in fact, you can't even install it. That said, you can install and run 32-bit Windows on any hardware, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Erik Lustig's mom called him recently in a bit of a panic. She'd been in a retail store shopping for a computer and the sales guy asked her whether she wanted a 32-bit computer or a 64-bit ...
Sixty-four-bit computing is here and available to systems builders now. Although recent advances in 32-bit processors have been impressive, the idea of data coursing through 64-bit wide registers ...
Between IBM's 970 and AMD's Opteron, it's now looking more and more like 2003 will be the year that 64-bit computing finally arrives in the consumer market, and with that in mind I've put together ...
SuSE'S CEO says the debut of 64-bit processors from Intel and AMD will break a logjam that has plagued IT server computing--with major implications for Linux.
Systems using 64-bit processors would be mainstream by the end of 2006, he said, and 64-bit computing at the server level would happen more quickly than any other platform changeover in the past.
With 64-bit computing, however, the frustration is more pronounced. We should have faster and frankly better computers by now, but for all its much vaunted advantages, 64-bit still isn't mainstream.
A new buzz is sweeping the personal computer landscape, and this one is likely to be one you'll be hearing about for years. For several years now the 64-bit computing has been around on the ...
Windows 7 has pushed 64-bit computing to the mainstream, Microsoft says.
The article discusses the general idea of 64-bit computing, as well as some of the specifics of AMD's x86-64 ISA, the 64-bit extension to the x86 ISA.