Questions tagged [cpu-architecture]

Does anyone know of a command that reports whether a system is Big Endian or Little Endian, or is the best option a technique like this using Perl or a string of commands? Perl # little $ perl -MConfig -e 'print "$Config{byteorder}\n";' 12345678 #…

By example, i can get the architecture of the cpu of my pc: $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/modalias; cpu:type:x86,ven0002fam0019mod0021:feature:,0000, Ok, is x86, but what happens with 1u rackable servers where they can have 2 or 4 xeon physical…

When execute: $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/modalias; cpu:type:x86,ven0002fam0019mod0021:feature:,0000, Says have a 32 bit cpu, but have a ryzen 7 5800X3D, is a 64 bit cpu, what happens? $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Ryzen | head -n 1 model name :…

I am currently running a 32-bit OS, but I'm not really sure if I have to. According to some articles on the Web, there are no flags in my output that indicate that my CPU is a 64-bit. But according to articles describing the Athlon II X2 250, such…