From the VMware Workstation manual:
Workstation supports virtual machines with 64‐bit guest operating systems only on host machines that have one of the supported 64‐bit processors. When you power on a virtual machine with a 64‐bit guest operating system, Workstation performs an internal check. If the host CPU is not a supported 64‐bit processor, you cannot power on the virtual machine.
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Workstation supports virtual machines with 64‐bit guest operating systems only on host machines that have one of the supported 64‐bit processors. When you power on a virtual machine with a 64‐bit guest operating system, Workstation performs an internal check. If the host CPU is not a supported 64‐bit processor, you cannot power on the virtual machine.
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