svn commit: r45480 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms

[Gavin Atkinson]

Author: gavin
Date: Tue Aug 19 19:34:10 2014
New Revision: 45480
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45480

Log:
  Try to update and improve the FreeBSD/amd64 page.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml	Tue Aug 19 17:21:32 2014	(r45479)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml	Tue Aug 19 19:34:10 2014	(r45480)
@@ -19,29 +19,34 @@
   <p>This page contains information of the FreeBSD port to <a
       href="http://www.amd.com/">AMD's</a> AMD64 and <a
       href="http://www.intel.com/info/em64t">Intel®
-    64</a> architecture.  The
+    64</a> architecture, often also known as <q>x86-64</q> or
+    <q>x64</q>.  &os;/amd64 is suitable for almost all recent
+    AMD and Intel CPUs.</p>
+
+  <p>The
     AMD64 architecture was previously known as <q>Hammer</q>.
     The Intel 64 architecture was previously known as Yamhill,
     Clackamas Technology (CT), IA-32e, and EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit
-    Technology).  Generically, the platform is often known as
-    <q>x86-64</q> or <q>x64</q>.</p>
+    Technology).</p>
 
-  <p>The AMD Opteron™, AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Turion™
-    64 and newer AMD Sempron™ processors use the AMD64
+  <p>Newer AMD Sempron™, the AMD Opteron™, AMD Athlon™
+    64, AMD Turion™ and AMD Phenom™ processors, and processors
+    with AMD <q>Bulldozer</q> and <q>Bobcat</q> cores all use the AMD64
     architecture.</p>
 
   <p>The Intel vPro™, Intel Celeron D (some models since <q>Prescott</q>),
     Intel Centrino® Duo, Intel Centrino® Pro,
     Intel Viiv™, Intel Core™2 Extreme, Intel Core™2 Quad,
     Intel Core™2 Duo, Intel Xeon (3000-sequence, 5000-sequence, and
-    7000-sequence) processors use the Intel®64 architecture.</p>
+    7000-sequence), and the Intel Core™ i range of processors use
+    the Intel® 64 architecture.</p>
 
   <h3>Status</h3>
 
   <p>FreeBSD/amd64 runs in 64-bit multiuser mode, in both
     Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor mode.</p>
 
-  <p>The AMD64 platform is currently a <a
+  <p>The AMD64 platform is a <a
       href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier
       1</a> FreeBSD platform.</p>