Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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But Dell has a backup plan. Intel can come out with AMD64 machine in a nanosecond

Rumor alert - take it as such - not even sure I should post this since it is pretty useless in rumor form.

My Dell contacts tell me Dell execs are talking to Intel almost daily asking for their 64 bit x86 design to be released with hints of using Opteron/A64 if they can't have it. It is very likely one of two things is going to happen soon.

Disclaimer: I'm making no investment decisions based on this, so you shouldn't either. I found the info interesting, so I thought I would share.

The thing I don't get is, if Intel released an x86-64 compatible part now as they claim they can, would it not have to have a different socket, chipset, and motherboard? Since there are no rumors of these in existence, we can assume the platform is going to take time to become a viable product even if the chip is ready. 6 months at least...right?