Replies to post #2204 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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re WSJ article: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB104991659014597200,00.html
Microsoft Shows Support
For Chips Made by AMD

By DON CLARK
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


Microsoft Corp. signaled that it is firmly backing both horses in the latest big microchip race, a boon to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and another sign the software maker is less reliant on Intel Corp.

The Redmond, Wash., company said it will deliver test versions of two operating systems by mid-2003 for a long-awaited microprocessor family dubbed Hammer, AMD's first chips that process 64 bits of data at a time as well as 32 bits.
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Updated April 10, 2003