NX bit in all AMD 64 CPUs?

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Evgenij Barsukov

The press release about AMD 3400+ FX53 64bit
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1153631

makes it sounds that NX bits are first introduced in this chip.
Is it true, or all 64bit CPUs have it?

Btw FX53 is the most overpriced processor every sold by AMD.
It looks like they are becoming able to rip some premium this
days.

Regards,
Evgenij
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Mark Steen

The press release about AMD 3400+ FX53 64bit
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1153631

makes it sounds that NX bits are first introduced in this chip.
Is it true, or all 64bit CPUs have it?

Btw FX53 is the most overpriced processor every sold by AMD.
It looks like they are becoming able to rip some premium this
days.

Regards,
Evgenij

Look at the price of this cpu.

INTEL XEON P4 3.2GHZ 533MHZ FSB S604 2M CACHE RETAIL BOX $1,695.38
CAD

That's Canadian dollars, but still a crazy price.
 
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Mark Steen

Or how about this one?

INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.4GHZ EXTREME EDITION 800FSB S478 P4 HT 512K L2 2M
L3 RETAIL BOX $1,537.18 CAD
 
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Tony Hill

The press release about AMD 3400+ FX53 64bit
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1153631

makes it sounds that NX bits are first introduced in this chip.
Is it true, or all 64bit CPUs have it?

Any article that starts out by talking about the NX bit for memory
pages as being "hardware antivirus technology" is CERTAIN to be full
of technical errors. This article is no exception.

As you've correctly guessed, all of AMD's Athlon64 and Opteron chips
have this feature.
Btw FX53 is the most overpriced processor every sold by AMD.
It looks like they are becoming able to rip some premium this
days.

The old Athlon classic 1GHz processor sold for ~$1200 when it first
came out. The FX53 is priced at $799... Just to keep things in
perspective. Also remember that the chip this is competing against,
Intel's P4 Extreme Edition, tops the scales just shy of the $1000
mark.

Is it a rip-off? Of course it is! Every top-end processor is ALWAYS
a rip-off! Surely anyone who's been following these things for any
length of time knows that!
 
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GSV Three Minds in a Can

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the
wonderful person Tony Hill said:
Is it a rip-off? Of course it is! Every top-end processor is ALWAYS
a rip-off! Surely anyone who's been following these things for any
length of time knows that!

Now now, 'rip off' is a bit strong.

How about 'our new top-of-the-line processor pricing offers techno-nerds
an opportunity to personally support and sponsor the advancement of IC
technology'. 8>.
 

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