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 OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.  OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
   
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 It also runs on the upcoming Intel ia32e processors which contain cloned  It also runs on the Intel ia32e processors which contain cloned
 support for the AMD64 extensions, but since Intel left out support for  support for the AMD64 extensions, but since Intel left out support for
 the page table NXE bit (No-EXecute) there is no W^X support on the Intel  the page table NXE bit (No-EXecute) there is no W^X support on the Intel
 CPUs.  CPUs.
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 It can be expected to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current  It can be expected to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current
 hardware.  hardware.
   However there is not yet any ACPI support
   (so halt -p doesn't work, nor does suspend/hibernate),
   and various legacy PC hardware
   (such as ISA-based floppy controllers) is not supported.
   
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 The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger  The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
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