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AMD Predicts End of 32-bit Processors
DDumitru writes "Infoworld
reports that AMD predicts it will stop producing 32-bit processors by the end
of 2005. By depending on price cuts for Athlon-64 and Opteron, AMD is predicting that
it's sales of 32-bit CPUs will fall off and obsolete 32-bit systems in less
than 3 years. This is either a push forward, or a tactic to try to capture the 64/32 bit
standard leaving Intel in the rear. Or it could just be hype." I'm not in a hurry to ditch any of my 32-bit machines, so long as I get them replaced by 2038.
If they are so great at predicting future trends, why didn't they realize what the mainstream computer user wants?
They, IMHO, lost the Intel/AMD war because they tried to convince people that (truthfully or not) their processors, though with less MHz or GHz, were faster than Intel's. This may have been true but the average user just wants it to look good on paper. Likely the only reason they are turning a profit is because of the relative expensiveness of the new Intel processors compared to AMDs.
Bill Gates has laid down the law!
``640K of memory should be enough for anybody.''
We shouldn't need any stinking 64 Bit Processors!
" .....forgive me for being captain obvious, but my old A7M266 board runs just fine with XP 2000+....they can continue dropping the price on these suckers so that eventually I can max it out with 2600+s and also plop two MP 2600+s in my A7M266-D.....I don't even use half the capacity now...I'll be blown away when I plop those in for $50 each in a year or so.....keep predicting the demise AMD, it's all fine with me."
Wow, I'm not quite sure there are words to describe that kind of pretentiousness. Perhaps Ellison-like? Stallmanesque? I'm just not sure... To envision the entirity of a multi-billion dollar industry as a function of your own specific needs is just... truly beyond words. Wait a moment - are you Bill Gates? I mean, he has billions of dollars of buying power, and could very well shape the path of the microprocessor market for a couple of years.
You'll forgive me if I don't think the death knell has been sounded for AMD's 64-bit CPUs because of your apparent lack of immediate need.
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