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It's (Almost) Hammer Time

thelizman writes "C|Net is catching up on the buzz with AMD's Hammer line of processors. Of note in the article is how AMD demonstrated their 64-bit contender using Linux and Windows, instead of just Windows. In reality, Linux will likely have 64 bit applications more quickly than Microsoft, and will see use on this processor more readily than your average WinTel machine, so you know...like...it only makes sense."

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  1. Showcasing Linux shows... by Archie+Steel · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that AMD knows which way the Winblows...er, I mean...which way the wind blows.

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  2. news for nerds... by edrugtrader · · Score: 1, Funny

    not comedians, taco...

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  3. Will this hammer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    come with an ice pick? Cuz you're gonna need a solid block of ice to cool the damn thing. It IS an AMD, afterall.

    1. Re:Will this hammer... by phagstrom · · Score: 5, Funny
      Cuz you're gonna need a solid block of ice to cool the damn thing. It IS an AMD, afterall


      With no cooler:

      Can't thouch this!! :-)
  4. AMD's New Slogan by Talisman · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't touch this!

    Talisman

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  5. Can't touch this by Magnusite · · Score: 4, Funny

    Argh, is this going to add yet ANOTHER set of addressing modes? Now we will have:

    mov ah, #1
    mov ax, #1
    mov eax, #1
    mov eeax, #1

    Seriously, I wonder how they have modified the register addressing field of the instructions to handle this.

  6. Cut to the chase by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Shouldn't we forget 64 bit and go straight for 256 bit processor? Studies show that 4 out of 5 dentist prefer 256 bit processors.

  7. Re:64-bit on the desktop? by DeadVulcan · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is 64-bit for a normal user going to do much?

    Extra computer power will always find a way to get used up in frivolous ways by the sex trade, trust me.

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  8. Re:M.C. Hammer TIME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    can you finish the lyrics? i had this tape when i was 9 years old and had made up my own lyrics, turns out they aren't even close to the real ones. i'm curious as to how it ends: here's what i remember.....

    Or take to learn
    whatcha gonna do when the mike is burned
    the charts, legit
    either work hard or you might as well quit
    thats word and you know.....
    can't touch this....

    go with the flow
    it is said
    if you can't follow hammer you're better off dead
    so wave your hands in the air
    bust a few moves with your fingers in the air
    move slide your rump
    just for a minute let's all do the hump
    hump hump hump hump
    yahhhh........can't touch this.

  9. Hammertime? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does every processor sold come with a free pair of parachute pants?

  10. Backwards compatible to.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...1978

    I wanna boot CP/M on it!!! I wanna boot CP/M on it!!! I wanna, I wanna, I wanna!!!

  11. Re:64-bit on the desktop? by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny
    Are there any other compelling reasons for a 64-bit arch?

    Of course -- you can double your RC5 throughput and dazzle your friends. :)

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  12. Uh-Oh by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Funny

    here comes the HAMMER

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  13. After all, Bill Gates Himself said... by epukinsk · · Score: 3, Funny

    '640K^H^H^H^H 4 gigs is more memory than anyone will ever need.'

    -Erik