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To: Petz who wrote (80483)5/22/2002 2:31:53 PM
From: Dan3Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: Why is the infrastructure so early?

It looks like AMD wants to have a full blown 64 infrastructure available at shipping, including a fully developed Windows X86-64 and Linux X86-64, 64 bit drivers for video cards, 64-bit drivers for network cards, etc.

It will take time for all those pieces to come together.

If it is all together by the end of the year, AMD will have established a lock on the mainstream 64-bit computing platform.

By the end of the year, 32-bit processors like Athlon, Athlon MP, P4, and Xeon be relegated to the entry level of their various segments - who will want to spend more than pocket change for an old-style 32-bit processor?

Remember how dramatic the shift to 32-bits was (for anything except "value" processors) when Intel came out with the 386?



To: Petz who wrote (80483)5/22/2002 3:20:02 PM
From: Charles GrybaRespond to of 275872
 
John, don't the OEMs need time to qualify systems before they start mass producing? All the components need to be ready far ahead of time for the qualification to take place. I am sure Clawhammers and boards are already shipping to OEMS right now.

C



To: Petz who wrote (80483)5/22/2002 4:21:43 PM
From: wanna_bmwRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Petz, Re: "Why is the infrastructure so early?"

They may have motherboards, but no one said that they would be in working order. Motherboard reference designs come early in the chipset design cycle, since they have to be ready by first power-on. My impression was that they will have these boards out for display, but it's impossible to tell how many bugs are still in the chipset silicon, not to mention the board layout, BIOS, etc.

wbmw


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