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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 203.14-0.8%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST
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To: Charles Gryba who wrote (68916)1/25/2002 4:08:30 PM
From: g_w_northRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
Sorry, I don't believe it. Normally, Intel could use its market share to leverage (force) its technology upon the marketplace, just as Microsoft has, but this is different. The anti-Wintel camp would be up in arms like never before. This is not Microsoft coming along to 'extend Java', this is something even bigger. Think about it, Microsoft has to support AMD's instructions (providing Intel goes the x86-64 route) as the standard. AMD would have at least a one year's advantage in having provided the marketplace with ClawHammer and Sledgehammer. As we know, these chips do not need an x86-64 OS to run on as the instruction set can simply be turned on by providing one. Do you not think that the DOJ and/or any other industry insiders, antitrust officials (EU) wouldn't easily see through Intel? Of course there would be litigation -- that is the Intel way.

Intel has always maintained that the x86-64 architecture is not the way of the future and to suddenly produce a 'compatible' chip that wasn't compatible with AMD would be disastrous for them. Intel would simply have to make compatible chips. But nothing is stopping them from extending the instruction set -- i.e. SSE64.
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