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Wouldn't make all the Intel executives outright liars for stating that Intel was not going to deliver desktop 64 bit chips until 2006/2007, while at the same time directed their employees to deliver these chips in 2004?
Well, it is not the first or the last lie from an Intel executive. Lies are part of Intel business strategy. If telling a lie is advantageous over telling the truth, then lie it is.
Joe


I'm sorry that you are so disappointed in intel executives Joe, I'm sure that they're losing sleep over it..... Not. I think that the probable EM64T "dark transistors" in Prescott *were* originally planned to be turned on in 2006/2007 timeframe. Intel has a history of incorporating features into chips and leaving them turned off until they deem they're needed. Witness Hyperthreading.

I think, at the time Ole Geslinger shot his mouth off, Intel executives did not believe that Opteron would catch on right away, and therefore saw no need to turn on EM64T until later. Unfortunately for intel, Opteron 64 has made inroads, and therefore the timetable for turning on EM64T was moved up. Poor decision making.....? Sure, Lying.....? Hardly, despite this pathetic attempt of yours to characterize it as so.

btw, I would have expected a venomous posting thread like this from Doug or Dan3, not from you, I'm surprised. You must be really worried about intel's new "top to bottom" EM64T roadmap, eh?