Replies to post #41217 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

chipguy, I guess that means that Sun and HP are absorbing all the production of Opteron!

(It is also another boot up into the low volume boutique market for Itanium.)

Interesting that you bring up IPF. Here's what an IBM xSeries
manager said about the relationship between Xeon 64 and
IPF.

http://www.vnunet.com/news/1157025

"John explained that moving directly to Itanium 2 was a costly investment which is bringing major benefits for some, but that Xeon EM64T allowed lower-cost gradual transition."

The ultimate destination is the same - IPF. The Xeon 64
merely provides customers that need it more time to get
there.

Too bad AMD probably won't survive long enough for the
necessary patents to expire to bring out an Opteron EET
chip - EPIC Extension Technology. :-P