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AMD Opteron to support Palladium

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the coming-soon-to-a-cpu-near-you dept.

Jim Norton writes "This article is just a reminder that AMD is just as guilty as Intel in supporting TCPA / Palladium. AMD has announced that Opteron will be compatible with the Palladium Initiative and that AMD is part of the 'Trusted Computing Alliance'."

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  1. Well I guess we can't win by emkman · · Score: 1, Funny

    Might as well buy the cheaper, better, restricter of our rights. Still beats Intel.

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  2. Needs to be said.... by dalassa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to be Trolling or anything...

    But every one should switch to the bunny foo-foo Macintosh. :-)

    *pats G4*

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  3. So... by labratuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this something from which we cannot Opt-er-out?

    I'll get my coat.

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  4. What alternatives are there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are geeks going to emigrate en masse to Via and IBM cpus?

  5. Re:Not really a law issue. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh shit, somebody forgot about Transmeta! Quick, somebody e-mail their 3 users!

  6. Re:If you RTFA... by Beliskner · · Score: 3, Funny
    Just get a Transmeta processor and hack the Pentium emulation layer...
    If they're still in business, by creating circumventable devices they're breaching the DMCA, they can be swatted like a fly by Hollywood. Then to rub salt in the wound, they can put Stallone into a movie about it - evil corporation tries to steal music like uhhh the Taliban and terrorists, and then gets destroyed by Stallone, who bursts into Transmeta HQ with a Gatling gun, and says, "You took all of our movies away, think you're a wise guy? Mickey Mouse says differrent, eat lead asshole. I'm gonna take our movies back from your evil clutches! Pluto Nash will destroy you"
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