Post #124,255
11/5/03 10:39:44 AM
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my guess - Intel pissed off Gates
combine that with Microsofts support of AMD's 64 bit chip and it looks like Microsoft could be punishing Intel for [link|http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/os/linux/index.htm|something].
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Post #124,262
11/5/03 10:50:07 AM
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But gave AMD only words, not action.
From [link|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/33748.html|the Register]: After watching Microsoft cast AMD's 64-bit processor line to the backwoods of the Windows release cycle, you have to ask - did Jerry Sanders do enough?
Two weeks ago Microsoft dropped a bomb. It pushed the first Windows Server 2003 Service Pack back to the second half of 2004. And along with the Service Pack go new versions of Windows for both AMD's Opteron (Windows Server 2003) and Athlon 64 processors (Windows XP). This places the Windows for AMD64 release close to nine months behind original expectations, adding risks to an already risky proposition from AMD. With friends like that,... Alex
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger
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Post #124,266
11/5/03 11:01:56 AM
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Probably, but not about linux
Intel has dumped a huge amount of money into their Centrino project [link|http://www.intel.com/products/mobiletechnology/|http://www.intel.com...mobiletechnology/] .
They want to keep control. Not at all curiously, Microsoft also wants to control wireless standards. There is a serious pissing match here.
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Post #124,269
11/5/03 11:16:36 AM
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Software
Intel has announced their products will depend a lot more on software for "value add" from here on out. That's Intell software. The last time they dabbled in software Microsoft forced them to back down. They look more resolute this time.
Of course Microsoft is taking a major risk here too. IBM makes chips, but IBM isn't a chip company. They're in a much better position to play hardball over pricing than a chip company would be.
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Post #124,302
11/5/03 1:37:58 PM
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I'm kind of surprised with the direction...
IBM apparently has fab resale rights for AMD's Athlon 64 processor - it would have been easier for Microsoft to pick up an Athlon 64 proc for their next gen box, and keep backwards compatability.
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Post #124,307
11/5/03 1:59:15 PM
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Lots of info/musings in this story at TheInq.
[link|http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12523|Here].
One ring to rule them all. <evil laugh!>
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #124,310
11/5/03 2:24:39 PM
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I (don't) like the Cell angle.
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Post #124,390
11/5/03 9:43:15 PM
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The best part is that Intel get "bobkas". :)
(That's Yiddish for beans.)
My prediction would be that Xbox will be AMD-64 based for compatibility reasons and some initial uncertainties that will come with Cell.
Alex
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger
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Post #124,407
11/5/03 10:50:37 PM
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'Zat the origin of the word bupkis?
[link|http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/abc.htm#bupkis|http://home.mn.rr.co...td/abc.htm#bupkis]
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Post #124,413
11/5/03 11:18:55 PM
11/5/03 11:19:10 PM
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I would not doubt it.
'p' and 'b' being the same sound, except that 'b' is voiced. Vowels tend not to carry much if any information.
Alex
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger
Edited by a6l6e6x
Nov. 5, 2003, 11:19:10 PM EST
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