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   From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 17:22:51 -0000 (UTC)   
   cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:   
      
   > the architecture.  Meanwhile, a bunch of ex-DEC people went to   
   > AMD and did the AMD64 extensions for x86, which a) performed   
      
   Do you have a proof that it was done by Ex-DEC people?   
   My impression is that Ex-DEC people, esp. Jim Keller, were very   
   important as micro-architects of K7 and K8, but I don't remember ever   
   reading that they played major role in the stage of architectural   
   definitions of AMD64.   
      
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