Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

So they are speaking to the point that Engineering has been working on this for a while.

That is what is sounds like. This eweek report didn't mention which core these dual-core chips are based on. I think we know it is Dothan derived.

Notably missing from the report is iAMD64

They'll have a version of Prescott with it in June, and Nocona will also have it. The implementation is likely poor, but these will at least support x86-64. At this point it is just a checkbox item until we start seeing some standardized 64-bit benchmarks. That won't happen until we get Windows. Sounds like Bill is finally starting the push.

With the info that is out there so far, it looks to me like AMD will be solid across the board except for maybe mobile all the way through 2005, and then k9 comes into the picture. This is going to be an interesting few years. I'm glad I'm long AMD at the moment and not Intel.