New York, NY — Wasabi Systems today announced the completion of a preliminary port of NetBSD to AMD's 64-bit x86-64 architecture. The port has been tested on Virtutech's VirtuHammer x86-64 simulation tool. AMD x86-64 technology is designed to support applications that address large amounts of physical and virtual memory, such as high performance servers, database management systems, and CAD tools.

The x86-64 technology seamlessly integrates into the current computing and support environment, and is designed to enable high performance 64-bit capable systems that deliver leading-edge performance while taking advantage of the billions of dollars invested in the current base of 32-bit x86 software.

NetBSD is an open source BSD UNIX operating system that offers full UNIX functionality across a wide range of hardware platforms and processors. Wasabi and AMD are building this port as part of an ongoing effort between the two companies to broaden OS support for AMD microprocessors.

The x86-64 port has been committed to the source tree of the NetBSD Project (www.netbsd.org) and is available for download under the terms of the open source BSD license.

 
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