Not sure if this has been posted before, but here it is:
Intel follows AMD
:Q
Edit: whoops, yahoo changed the link.
Intel follows AMD
:Q
Edit: whoops, yahoo changed the link.
Might want to fix your link... Unless you want to read about "Big Dec. 26 Deals Need Not Involve Fighting The Crowds"Originally posted by: tontod
Not sure if this has been posted before, but here it is:
Intel follows AMD
Originally posted by: DragonFire
Its nice the AMD is trying to do something first instead of following what ever Intel does (socket to slot and back to socket) but for home users, who the hell cares? On top of needing 64bit windows out and ready to, you would need simple apps like Mozilla to be 64bit, games would have to start coming out as 64 bit and so on before there is even a need for a 64bit cpui......something Intel knows.
Of course Unreal Tournament 2003 already supports the X86-64 bit cpus of AMD, and other new games are likely to be based on the engine. The fact that the Windows X86-64 beta is now out gives software developers an opportunity to make sure their software supports X86-64 right now. For situations in which it gives a major performance boost, there may be an incentive for software makers to make sure their product supports it before a rival does and obtain a competive advantage. There is no reason for simple programs to support 64 bit since AMD's offering is backwards compatible.Originally posted by: DragonFire
Its nice the AMD is trying to do something first instead of following what ever Intel does (socket to slot and back to socket) but for home users, who the hell cares? On top of needing 64bit windows out and ready to, you would need simple apps like Mozilla to be 64bit, games would have to start coming out as 64 bit and so on before there is even a need for a 64bit cpui......something Intel knows.
Those 6 months are likely to be extremely painful for Intel though as its the same period in which AMD is going to be switching their chips to being produced on a 90nm process, allowing them to release them in much larger numbers. This also leads to the problem of their being a large customer base on the opposite architecture before Intel can even have X86-64 but support on their processor. (Intel can try to release chip supporting their 64 bit opperations in advance to partially combat this problem, but software makers are likely to question how effective the Intel process is an whether its worth actually supporting it until drivers supporting it and showing how well it works are released.) Any delay beyond the projected date of a year for Microsoft to release an OS supporting the Intel architecture would also be absolutely catastrophic for Intel. Linux support is also not going to start until Intel releases the details for the architecture, along with at least some chips using it. Driver support can't get going until Intel releases the details of the architecture, which would mean enough leakage that we should know Intel's future plans for certain. One other question is given that the Cetrino is increasingly being used for Intel laptops, is it possible for Intel to offer 64 bit support in that segment of the market? (AMD is releasing viable mobile 64 bit processors.)Originally posted by: Wolfdog
W That would put it at a six month or so disadvantage in the consumer market. Since no windows support means no consumer software support.
Originally posted by: AndyHui
With which processor did AMD do this for?