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CMake detects Intel core i5 as AMD64

asked 2014-11-12 15:16:23 -0500

Markus Mayer gravatar image

I wonder if getting the following output from CMake
is wrongly detected by cmake if the cpu in use is intel core i5.

    Host:                        Windows 6.2 AMD64
    CMake:                       3.0.2
    CMake generator:             Visual Studio 11 2012 Win64
    CMake build tool:            C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/MSBuild.exe
    MSVC:                        1700

As this seems to me as mistake, i highly aprechiate any enlightment on this topic.

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answered 2014-11-14 07:34:03 -0500

Doombot gravatar image

Actually, long story short, what we call a x64 or 64 bits architecture is often called AMD64 in reference with the original design of the AMD K8 which is the first processor to have a 64bits x86 instruction set.

More info on: and especially the "Industry Naming Convention" at the end.

So, you will often encounter x64 or AMD64 in computers, depending on who is making the program mentioning it.

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Thank you for the short an concise answer. Following this, i assume that the problems comming up when building opencv have nothing to do with the "AMD64".

Markus Mayer gravatar imageMarkus Mayer ( 2014-11-18 13:26:41 -0500 )edit

A lot of stuff can go wrong when building OpenCV. Maybe post a question with the exact error if you have not done so yet?

Doombot gravatar imageDoombot ( 2014-11-20 12:36:28 -0500 )edit
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