“AMD has released its Linux-based ‘Hammer Sim’ – a simulator
that allows developers to run and debug code written for
Chimpzilla’s upcoming x86-64 64-bit processor technology.”
“SimNow! – available free from AMD’s Web site – lets coders
test their software on a regular 32-bit x86 CPU. AMD’s Hammer
family of chips, the successors to Sledgehammer, will be unveiled
in full at the end of 2001. The company’s 64-bit technology was
first introduced this time last year as a spoiler for Intel’s own
64-bit Itanic – sorry, Itanium – launch.”
“Interestingly, SimNow! runs under Linux – CodeSourcery did
the work – so you can see the audience AMD is targeting its
technology at. It is, after all, a great way of ensuring that
one of the key server operating systems is made ready to support
Hammer CPUs come their eventual release.”