AMD's 64-bit Plot

ceebABC writes "In a long interview with eWEEK, AMD's CEO Hector de Ruiz talks about struggling to compete with Intel, but more importantly about their upcoming 64-bit processors. He says that AMD's 64-bit chips will be comparatively priced to the 32-bit ones, and backwards compatible. He also thinks there will be a market for desktop 64-bit systems. Skip to the last page for the most interesting stuff."

Comments

Re:Hmm

[nmaeone]

Well, 64 bits made Mario come to life. Maybe Micro$oft will make a fully 3-D rendered MSN Butterfly to help you with your daily tasks?

Re:Wow

[scotch]

Grandma and grampa checking their email won't need something that fast ....

Grandma and grandpa could check their email on a 16-bit computer. Don't forget grandpa's geri-porn, you need some horsepower for that.

AMD is puny

[Ed Avis]

From the interview:

We really can't control whether we'll go to war with Iraq, and all that sort of thing.

And that, my friends, is the difference between AMD and Intel.

Re:Just to remind people why more bits is good..

[Rob.Mathers]

"2^64 is certainly enough for at least a hundred years"

Famous last words?

Re:Over 10 years after DEC introduced Alpha ....

[gordon_schumway]

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