Replies to post #41218 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[fastpathguru]

LOL, now EMT64 is a stepping-stone architecture to ease the transition to IPF!

Next you're going to tell us that this has been the Intel plan all along, and they just outsourced the design of the x86-64 ISA to AMD to share the wealth...

fpg

[sgolds]

chipguy -

"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."

How convenient!

I see he has all the talking points memorized.

;)