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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (71275)	9/7/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) of 1574071

Tenchusatsu, <Now that brings up a very good point. If AMD were truly coming out with a 64-bit architecture of their own, how will it ever get off the ground without industry support?> If AMD is building a Alpha-compatible product (low-probability), lot of the infrastructure is already there in DEC community but AMD would have to do a lot of work in other areas. If AMD is building an x86 extension (high-probability), Microsoft is probably closely involved and the massive backward compatibility will kick-start this effort in no-time. If this happens, the concern about support will become not an AMD issue but an Intel issue. IA-64 could be in serious trouble (I am not talking about just Merced at that point). Intel is where it is because of software compatibility issues. Chuck P.S.: Some one in management forgot the importance of software base while planning for the future. If you think this is a frivolous topic, or if you do not believe me, talk to some of the Intel CPU architecture folks you have access to.

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