To: TChris
Interestingly, with the advent of 64-bit x86 processing, AMD turned the tables and became the leader. They released a 64-bit consumer CPU--the Opteron--onto the market in 2003, before Intel, so Intel was essentially forced by the market to make their 64-bit x86 instruction set "AMD compatible". And for that, I thank them. Intel kept going down the Itanium road until AMD beat them and they were forced to design X86 64 bit processors.
19 posted on
06/26/2007 7:49:54 AM PDT by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: Lx
And for that, I thank them. Intel kept going down the Itanium road until AMD beat them and they were forced to design X86 64 bit processors. Yup. Large clusters of inexpensive Opterons will stomp all over an Itanium for the same price and power requirements too.
20 posted on
06/26/2007 7:55:31 AM PDT by
TChris
(The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
To: Lx
CHINA can become so the FAVORED NATION to supply Hi-Tech to the ARAB WORLD....Think about it...
21 posted on
06/26/2007 7:56:34 AM PDT by
Traianus
(YES I GOT HIM! BASHAR IS 666....)
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