Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15560

Does this harken back to the thin client days? I wonder how this chip will be used? Could this be the first effort in what will become a family of universal chips imbedded in all "smart" devices that talks wirelessly to the "PC in a closet" and the wireless, portable "universal communicator" everyone will carry at all times?

PC's for most people are overkill. Why have a house full of PC's when one centrally located wirelessly connected processor, can handle all the storage, processing and Internet related needs of the whole household?

Nice to see another original thought coming out of AMD, but this is probably more AMD responding to a well entrenched user organization and partners than anything else. Still, as all forms of information and entertainment continue to transmogrify into the digital monsters of the future, this is probably represents another baby step along the way.