- Update hardware notes to reflect that amd64 is no longer "young"[1]

- Bump copyright year

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<year>2010</year>
<year>2011</year>
<year>2012</year>
<year>2013</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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to &intel; EM64T as <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote>
or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
<para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB.
SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably
robust.</para>
<para>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP)
configurations are supported.</para>
<para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to
&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. There may be
some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly
older) drivers. Generally, drivers that already function
correctly on other 64-bit platforms should work.</para>
<para>&os;/&arch.amd64; is a very young platform on &os;. While
the core &os; kernel and base system components are generally
fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges,
particularly with third party packages.</para>
&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. Generally,
drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit
platforms should work.</para>
</sect2>