Slashdot Mirror
AMD and IBM Working Together on Future Chips
oogbla writes "There is a story over at news.com which says that AMD is teaming up with IBM for its sub-100 nanometer process and is de-emphasizing its previous relationships in that area. Also seems that the Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology they were supposedly getting from Motorola isn't going too well and has caused at least one delay to Barton."
IBM have a grasp on what should be in a laptop processor, it's called a 750FX, buy an iBook if you want one :)
Semiconductors is a soap opera for nerds.
Ooh! That must make DEC the somewhat older, yet highly sexy^Wattractive and intelligent lover who dies in a tragic "accident". And AMD can be the distant steprelative that fills in for her!
Consolidation might or might not be interesting ... or good. I dunno about Apple and Motorola merging though. That'd be kind of like Digi- oh wait. Collaboration could be fun. Maybe CPUs with onboard SDRAM. Somebody does that now, don't they?
I recently converted from using intel chips (I had a dual celeron linux box and a P200 windows box) to Athlon XPs... I've had nothing but trouble since. I've had two athlon chips give out on me completely, random crashes even under linux, IDE controller problems, startup problems, etc. This isn't just a bad motherboard since both computers are giving me problems. It isn't just the chipset since each motherboard has a distinct chipset (AliMagick and VIA respectively). This experience has led me to believe that AMD chips and motherboards are simply below the quality standard I need, and I've started saving my cash for P4 or celeron motherboards and chips. I just don't have the time to deal with junk hardware. Maybe I'll just give up and switch to Apple.