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Intel's Answer to AMD's Hammer - Yamhill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-a-city-in-oregon dept.

bdolan writes: "Today's San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Intel is going to put a 64 bit architecture extension in upcoming Pentiums if it turns out the Itanium doesn't take off. Hmm. Apparently they intend to only turn this on if AMD's 64 bit processor make major inroads against the Itanium architecture. Aren't we glad that competition is keeping everyone on their toes."

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  1. Uhh..naming? by Mahtar · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMD Guy: Hehe..check out my incredible new processor. It's called the Hammer! What do you have in your box?

    Intel Guy: Oh..er..I have a *unintelligible*

    AMD Guy: What is that? Mumblican? Speak up!

    Intel Guy: *coughYamhill*

    AMD Guy: YAMHILL? Buwhahahahaha! Intel marketing loves you!

    Intel Guy: *cry*

    1. Re:Uhh..naming? by suss · · Score: 5, Funny

      There actually is a basis for this name. Intel has a large presence in the state of Oregon and has a tendency to give their products code names from that state.

      I can't wait for the beaver... all 64 naughty bits of it!

  2. Intel naming. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am laughing at there choice of the yamhill river for the naming. I live about 3/4 of a mile from the river. They find two headed fish in it, I don't even want to know what will be found in the intel processor.