The Athlon 64 is revolutionary in that not only is it way ahead of its time, but it will also accelerate all other product industries such as motherboards, memory, data storage, software, etc. Yes, now, prices of components required in order to leap to this level of technology that will fully utilize its capabilities is expensive. Over time, prices will fall as those products will become the next standard.
AMD is able to release a cutting-edge processor while at the same time get away with telling the other markets to get-with-the-program because of the most ingenius aspect of the Athlon 64: it runs in both the 32-bit and 64-bit domains. Therefore, in the interim, we can upgrade simply to take advantage of faster bus speeds and multimedia instructions on an already proven chip, namely the Athlon. And down the line, with is closer than you think, there will be a chip and a company, with experience, welcoming us into a new era.
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The Athlon 64 is revolutionary in that not only is it way ahead of its time, but it will also accelerate all other product industries such as motherboards, memory, data storage, software, etc. Yes, now, prices of components required in order to leap to this level of technology that will fully utilize its capabilities is expensive. Over time, prices will fall as those products will become the next standard.
AMD is able to release a cutting-edge processor while at the same time get away with telling the other markets to get-with-the-program because of the most ingenius aspect of the Athlon 64: it runs in both the 32-bit and 64-bit domains. Therefore, in the interim, we can upgrade simply to take advantage of faster bus speeds and multimedia instructions on an already proven chip, namely the Athlon. And down the line, with is closer than you think, there will be a chip and a company, with experience, welcoming us into a new era.