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It's Official - AMD Buys ATI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i've-become-more-powerful-then-you-can-possibly-imagine dept.

FrankNFurter writes "It's been a rumour for several weeks, but now it's confirmed: AMD buys ATI. What implications is this merger going to have for the hardware market?" In addition to AMD's release, there's plenty of coverage out there.

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  1. Re:Linux Support ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF how the hell is this modded to a 5????

  2. Re:AMD over-spending - good for Intel by Slashcrap · · Score: -1, Troll

    Disclosure - I just picked up 600 Intel shares at $17.50.

    I don't think you're legally obliged to disclose that when posting in an anonymous online forum.

    You may however feel obliged to do so if you're a dick.

  3. Re:Tomorrow by SyncNine · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now, I am only going on very hazy -not yet coffee introduced- memories, but as I recall, the P4-Prescott chips use EM64T technology. NOT AMD64 technology. All EM64T technology allows is for the processor to access an amount of ram greater than 4GB. That's it. No 64 bit code capability, just the ability to access >4GB of ram.

    Again, I'm still tired and cranky because it's Monday morning, and I could be completely full of crap here, but that's how I remember it.

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    To the darkened skies once more, and ever onward.