Dpkg architecture

Linux and Unix-Like Ubuntu
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I noticed dpkg reporting architecture as AMD64, but the h/w is Intel, see below:

~$ uname -a
Linux XXX 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
~$ lshw | grep -i xeon
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
PCI (sysfs)  
          product: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz
 
~$ dpkg --print-architecture
amd64
 
~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386

Is there any problem with this system? Please advise.

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It's got nothing to do with your brand of processor. "amd64" code runs great on both Intel and AMD now, but AMD invented 64-bit x86, and the name stuck. Intel had to reverse-engineer and clone it.

x86_64, which some call it these days, is also the same thing.

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Technically there are some differences between AMD64 and Intel64 but most compilers avoid the issue.