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To: SteveC who wrote (107162)4/21/2000 1:06:00 AM
From: Joe NYC  Respond to of 1574177
 
Steve,

By the way, have you heard any rumors whether the K9 will be exclusively IA32?

I don't think it would make a lot of sense, if AMD wants to establish Sledgehammer instruction set, and the overhead of adding this 64-bi instruction set is low.

Joe



To: SteveC who wrote (107162)4/21/2000 1:18:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574177
 
Steve,

Is AMD following Intel's "monumental mistake" or will the Sledgehammer actually be a superior chip? By the way, have you heard any rumors whether the K9 will be exclusively IA32?

I assume that Sledgehammer will be a deeply pipelined x86 processor, with some 64 bit instructions, and on chip MP capability.

It probably makes a lot more sense than IA-64.

Scumbria


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