Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[rupert]

Nostalgia is not like it used to be.

"Chip analyst Linley Gwennap of the Linley Group thinks AMD is wasting its time. Already, the leading server makers have committed to Itanium. That means they're spending millions to design Itanium-based systems and compatible software. The first-generation Itanium hasn't been a hit with end users, but at least Intel has a finished product to offer. The first Hammer chip is over a year away.

"It's about two or three years too late" for Hammer, says Gwennap. "The game's over."




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"As for Hammer, Otellini thinks AMD's plan to run 32Mbit and 64Mbit code on the same chip is a waste of time and silicon. There are no consumer or business desktop programs using 64Mbit code, so backward compatibility with 32Mbit software isn't that important. Itanium, he says, is a pure 64Mbit product aimed at the stratosphere of high-end computing, and he expects it to dominate the field.

Meanwhile, the Pentium series will continue to ramp up. Intel thinks it can squeeze out speeds of up to 10GHz using its current architecture.."





http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/archives/2001/12/27/0000117586