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To: dumbmoney who wrote (67458)	8/3/1999 2:14:00 AM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574501

smartmoney, er, I mean, dumbmoney, <I've said before that a 64-bit extension of x86 makes a lot of sense (or will in a few years when 4GB of memory is common) as a means to extend the life of x86 indefinitely. If Intel doesn't do it (due to IA64 politics or whatever), then AMD should. Whether AMD is actually considering it or not, I have no idea.> I got some PMs on this subject and there seems to be unanimous agreement on this issue.This has the potential of shaking up Intel's server strategy - big time. There has been some rumors on this before but what got me going this time around was the comment from Drew Prairie - official AMD PR guy - which said they have a 64-bit design in works. Now, if they haven't licensed Alpha from Compaq but still have a 64-bit program what does that mean? I see a few possibilities: - they are going with Alpha execution without Compaq support (possible but doubtful) - they are doing x86 extensions (possible and likely) - Drew Prairie doesn't know what he is talking about (dopubtful - he seems to know his stuff) - AMD is springing a new architecture ground up (unlikely - I don't think AMD has the wherewithal to support a new instruction set from ground up and I doubt if they can delude themselves into thinking otherwise) I would love to know the details. Chuck