AMD's x86-64 Moves Forward

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday April 24, 2002 @09:46AM from the nacho-flavored-computer-chips dept.

MBCook writes "AMD Hammer line is definatly moving forward. The Inquirer has a supposidly leaked memo from MS saying that they have working x86-64 silicon that runs both 32 and 64-bit Win XP. Van's Hardware is reporting that MS is backing x86-64 over Intel's IA-64, and that MS has apparently convinced Intel to move to x86-64! There is an article over at Ace's Hardware from CeBIT that includes some coverage of AMD's Hammer line (including its NUMA). Last but not least is News.com's report that MS is preparing Windows to support NUMA." And it looks like the line will be named Opteron.

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Re:64-bit Win XP? by caspper69 · 2002-04-24 10:01 · Score: 0, Troll

troll. Why not just be happy. Even though it is MS, this is a big win for AMD. They have kicked Intel's ass into high gear, and for that ALL pc users should be happy.

And we all know 2k/XP are *real* operating systems. If you've got it crashing, you should be able to resolve it (you're on /., so you *should* be computer competent). Not like back in the 95/98/Me days when it may just be that a butterfly flapped its wings in Bangkok, so your computer crashed...