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To: Charles Gryba who wrote (157706)2/4/2002 4:11:53 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Constantine, <x86-64 will be just a marketing bonus in the begining.>

It's unlikely that AMD can turn x86-64 into a marketable bullet, unless they convince the consumer that he or she really needs 64-bit for a "better computing experience." At least MMX and SSE/SSE2 have implications in multimedia, which makes for a more convincing marketing message.

Tenchusatsu



To: Charles Gryba who wrote (157706)2/5/2002 5:12:19 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 186894
 
RE:"Take MMX as an example. No software supported it for quite a long time. When faced with a regular pentium vs one with MMX the consumer chose the MMX because they thought the software for it will come eventually. x86-64 will be just a marketing bonus in the beginingzzzzzz"

This is an excellent point. None of this wiz-bang stuff turns out to be all it's cracked up to be...but it sells.

Jim


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