Replies to post #26434 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[dougSF30]

If it is 2 or 3 then the early characterizations of
AMD64 as 64now! will have proven quite prescient.

No. That would apply to "incompatible" (2) only. It will, of course, at least trivially extend until AMD adds the PNI to Opteron.

Doug

[fastpathguru]

You assume that "ia32e" is pre-destined for success, based on what? A couple of slides? Intel hasn't even spoken yet.

BTW, your choice #3 would be considered a victory and vindication for AMD64, as it would survive as the lowest-common-denominator.

And I wouldn't knock 3dNow!, it's just another in a long line of AMD innovations that Intel has been forced to respond to:

MM extensions
DDR vs. Rambus
Copper Interconnect

And now 64-bit extensions, whatever they turn out to be...

BTW If they are incompatible, don't they have some software to write? Cause I haven't heard diddly about CT software yet, i.e. Linux.

What will be Intel's next about-face? SOI?

fpg

[Dan3]

Re: It looks to fill the market gap between
IA-32 and IA-64

Chipguy, Intel's official position is that P4 is not a 32-bit but an "extended 8-bit chip." P4 uses the 8-bit X86 architecture with 32-bit extensions.

Example: Pentium 4 is an IA-8e chip.

Please use the correct terminology, in the future.

Thank-you for your cooperation!

:-)