Supported platforms

Intel and AMD x86 processors in 64-bit mode, a.k.a x86_64.

Floating-point architecture: SSE2, supported by all x86_64 processors.

Operating systems: Linux, BSD, MacOS X, MS Windows.

Debian architecture name: amd64

Reference documents

• Instruction set architecture: any Intel or AMD manual less than 10 years old.
• ELF application binary interface: System V Application Binary Interface, AMD64 Architecture Processor Supplement
• MacOS X application binary interface: OS X ABI Function Call Guide: x86-64 Function Calling Conventions
• Windows 64 application binary interface: x64 Software Conventions from MSDN