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Thanks for posting it. Found the following interesting pieces from the article you posted -
... Mitchell also said he's trying to make it "explicitly clear" that LDT's royalty-free license is not designed to generate profits, nor is it intended as a means to barter for additional intellectual property. Whether the industry shares AMD's vision is a cloudy issue. Dean Klein, vice president of the integrated products group at Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho, praised the new bus, even deeming it a potential replacement for PCI.
... Two potential obstacles exist, McCarron said: cost and third-party support. The latter hurdle, at least, could well prove to be merely a crack in a well-paved road, he said. "OEMs seem to be doing whatever AMD asks, bending over backward to keep them in the market. What a difference three or four quarters makes."
... Mitchell also said that the forthcoming Sledgehammer 64-bit microprocessor will contain an integrated north bridge with an LDT connection.
... The LDT bus could be extended "down," as well, into low-cost integrated systems, Mitchell said. While he did not announce products or timetables, Mitchell said AMD is planning a single-chip integrated microprocessor, similar in concept to Intel Corp.'s forthcoming Timna chip.
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