Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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upndown

Sure, no problem. How much do you think HP and SGI would ask for Intel to be able to slip out of such a restriction? $10 billion? $40 billion? $100 billion?

If contracts exist which prevent Intel from introducing another 64-thing for a while to protect IPF, it would most probably be limited to serverspace. (Otherwise quid pro quo-terms would not allow HPQ to offer Athlon-64 as well, dont you think?)

K.