Problem in checking machine architecture

[Tim Judd]

Eitan Shefi wrote:
> I have a host with FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (64 bit) installed.
> How do I check the host's architecture ?
>  
> When I run: "uname -m"
> the output is: "amd64"
>  
> When I run: "sysctl -a | less"
> and search for: "CPU"
> I see that:
> "hw.model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5140  @ 2.33GHz
> ...
> hw.machine_arch: amd64"
>  
> So, is this host's architecture is:
> Intel or AMD
>  
> I'm confused about it.
> Can someone help ?
>  
>  
> Thanks,
> Eitan
>  
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Just like AMD made i686 processors.  What's the "I" stand for?

Intel came out with the 8086-686 class processors first, and AMD picked 
up that architecture.  AMD came out with 64-bit architecture first so 
the platform is commonly referred to as amd64.

Does this help?