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Intel Opens Its Front-Side Bus

Posted by kdawson on from the engineers-rampant-on-a-field-azure dept.

vivin writes "The Inquirer is reporting that Intel has opened up its FSB. Intel did this during IDF 07. What this means is that you can plug non-Intel things into the Intel CPU socket. The article says 'This shows that Intel is willing to take AMD seriously as a competitive threat, and is prepared to act upon it. In addition to this breaking one of the most sacred taboos at Intel, it also hints that engineering now has the upper hand over bureaucracy.'"

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  1. Re:wow by superbrose · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They opened it up obviously because they are not worried about that happening. AMD is struggling as it is and currently there's no match for Intel processors, so why would anybody want to plug in an AMD processor there unless it was hugely cheaper or more powerful?