Is IntelCore processor big-endian or little-endian?

Question

jdhu234jigwe Author

Level 1

0 points

Is IntelCore processor big-endian or little-endian?

Hi,

I need to know if Mac mini's processor is big-endian or little-endian.

Thanx.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 2:45 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Mar 10, 2006 5:37 AM in response to jdhu234jigwe

Little-endian.

Snippit from What is endianness?:
"On the Macintosh platform, PowerPC-based Macintosh computers use big endian addressing, while Intel-based Macs use little-endian addressing."

Reply