New labels for Windows 2003 64 bit

The 64-bit versions of the Windows Editions will be labeled by one of two tags to distinguish Microsoft 64-bit Windows versions from one another.

The two tags are:

The term “64-bit Extended Systems” refers to processors that have added 64-bit extensions to the 32-bit instruction set, such as AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon64 processors.


Windows Server 2003 editions will use “64-bit Extended Systems” to denote offerings for 64-bit AMD processors instead of the terms x64, x86-64, or AMD64.

The 64 bit Windows will be named as the following:

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