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It's (Almost) Hammer Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the please-amd-don't-hurt-'em dept.

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. Designing the X86-64 architecture... by JPriest · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kevin McGrath (AMD senior tech) gave a great presentation at Stanford on the Hammer and how AMD took on many design concepts of the X86-64 architecture. This was probably one of the more informative lectures I have seen on the topic. The video is long though http://murl.microsoft.com/videos/stanford/ee380b/0 00927_ee380_OnDemand_100_100K_320x240.htm

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  2. Re:cf: IA64 by storem · · Score: 5, Informative
    It seems AMD is aware of this. They even sponsor a website dedicated to 64-bit porting open source software. (Including GNU/Linux offcourse).

    The site also has a 64-bit simulator for you favorite 32-bit processor based Linux system.

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  3. Re:Will this hammer... by RainbowSix · · Score: 5, Informative

    How did this get modded up? Check www.sandpile.org. The P4 maxed out at 99 watts and the Athlon maxed out at 75 watts. Maybe AMD should add huge plastic brackets to their spec so people can use freakin huge heat sinks and then maybe they'll shut up about trying to cool a "megar" T-bird 1.4 gig@75 watts.

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