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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (89510)	10/5/1999 8:17:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 186894

Duke - <Mr. Krelle said AMD's SledgeHammer chip will be designed to run the older 32-bit software at high speeds, in contrast to the relatively slow performance that is expected for the 32-bit software on the Merced chip. And since AMD's new “x86 64” architecture will offer a less radical style of computing than Merced, Mr. Krelle said, it will be far easier for programmers to write 64-bit versions of the software.> This is a pretty big bite for them to chew, IMHO. It's one thing to produce a chip for an installed software applications base (x86). It's an entirely different ball game to drive an entire proprietary platform, and garner the software support to develop new 64 bit applications that won't be compliant with any other architecture. I will be extremely curious on any developments relative to software support for this venture. PB