VolkerW's WebLog

Before I start talking about Route64, let me tell you that the next 64-bit developer lab on Microsoft campus is scheduled for the week of June 6th . You can find more details about the lab in my last blog. Now to something different, Route64. It is...

MS has some pretty good offerings for developers (ISV and enterprise). They are even for free or almost for free as you have to cover your own T&E. If you like rainy Seattle (I live here for more than a year now and cannot complain at all) and...

On January 17 th at the Intel Developer Forum Intel announced its support of a 64-bit instruction set in their Xeon product line. The new technology will first appear in the "Nocona" Xeon processor in the second quarter, as well as the "Potomac" multiprocessor...

Now it is official. 64-bit with the appearance of an extended instruction set in Intel's Xeon line and with AMD's 64-bit Opteron and Athlon product line, 64-bit is ready for the masses. Graig Barett at IDF just announced an extended instruction set...

As member of Microsoft Partner Strategy and Platform Group I am working with ISVs and enterprise developers on 64-bit Windows migration projects. I believe that over the next few years all hardware vendors will replace their 32-bit offerings by systems...