Will Intel Ship an x86-64bit Chip This Year? 336
Solid Paradox writes "According to The Register, American Technology Research predicts an x86-64-bit processor will 'soon' arrive from Intel and in another story, they also predict that Sun and IBM will be the major players in the future 64-bit boom. Meanwhile the Inquirer has a somewhat related article entitled Senior Intel PR man talks 64-bit extension talk, which follows their Pentium V will launch with 64-bit Windows Elements article that says that the chip is to be sampled internally this month."
Pentium V (Score:5, Funny)
"The Pentium V is likely to fly along at between 5GHz to 7GHz, have 2MB plus of level two cache, be built on a 90 nanometer process, and have a stackable design." So, you'll have a 64-bit module sitting on top of your 32-bit CPU?
Sounds like Sega's 32X to me... except it'll play Doom 1 faster.
Dumb Answer (Score:2, Funny)
Sample Results.. (Score:3, Funny)
After Sampling the new Chip Internally the general view was
"Tastes like Chicken"
Further Internal Samplings are being conducted using Tabasco and BBQ sauces.
Re:What's next for Apple? (Score:2, Funny)
The same thing they always do with Intel - ignore them and hope that they go away.
Internal use only (Score:3, Funny)
Perhaps I'm up too late, but when I read the above, this image of a windows developer flashed in my mind. He's frustrated with a child-proof cap and resorts to reading the side of this bottle from Intel: "For marketing use only. Do note mix with alcohol or windows. New buffer exploits are inevitable. May cause loss of market share if ingested."
Re:NO (Score:4, Funny)
I always thought Intel was a few slices short of a loaf, but that's just ridiculous.
Too Much Work (Score:4, Funny)
Think about it, optimizing an operating system for 4+ archs is no easy task and I doubt MS could do it in a reasonable amount of time.
Maybe they'll hire the Duke Nukem: Forever developers on that one.
Re:just what we need (Score:2, Funny)
And this month we will (finally) see how well AmigaOS has been able to do the same thing.
Re:NO (Score:3, Funny)