Replies to post #1509 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[bababouie]

Nitt, I don't know. There are tons of Hammer boards waiting for CPUS. These boards have the latest feature sets on them unlike the Intel MBS for the P4. Of course these boards are not available for purchase yet but they were due in Q4/02, Q1/03 last time I looked. So, the support is there for Hammer, it's AMD that's holding everything up.

C

[fowler]

Nitt,

re: It's not clear the chip will matter on the desktop from a performance standpoint because it is not clear there will be any 64bit code that will make people care. The server space will take time to get a foothold in. Network owners do not take risks... it will take time to get SW in place and then it will take more time to get users to evaluate it completely and then deploy (24 months would be fast). You have to ask yourself, how compelling will Hammer be?

Thanks, that is the marketing risk that I am talking about for Hammer products. The assumption is, build it 64 and they will come. Whenever they get it out the door, there is still the risk that no one will care, that the message of 64 bits will not sing to the end user. Especially at a lower MHz.

AMD doesn't exactly have a perfect record on the marketing front. They may achieve volume manufacturing, and still have a dog.

John