Replies to post #21434 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

seem to imply an earlier availability being possible, if demanded?

No. Bringing a buggy chip to market is worse than no
chip at all. Processor vendors can't really rush the
development cycle regardless of how important it is,
even to their survival. Consider how long it took AMD
to go from a "working prototype" to releasing Opteron
even in the face of countless successive money/MSS
losing quarters.

[smooth2o]

'The report quotes Intel representative Robert Manetta as saying it has "a working prototype of a 64-bit X86 design that it could bring to market when customers request it".

seem to imply an earlier availability being possible, if demanded?
Paul
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Yeah, read "customers" to be any customer. That is, if Intel sees any increase in demand for AMD's 64 bit parts b/c of being 64 bits, well...

Noone here thinks Intel will be a passive bystander, do ya?

Smooth