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Intel Was Right

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For now, it looks as though most players in the 64-bit computing race are merely covering their bases. AMD is staking its future on it, and the buzz surrounding the technology has garnered the company kudos for making advancements in the face of Intel's gargantuan chip-making machine.

But when Intel said last summer that it saw no urgent need for a 64-bit computing environment, it turns out the biggest semiconductor company in the world was probably right.

The desktop certainly seems to be no place for a 64-bit environment, just as the average living room is unsuited to show 35-millimeter projected movies. Yet, its use with such media applications as video, music and games is one of the major attractions for proponents of 64-bit computing.


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