-----snip from /.
Posted by timothy on Sunday November 24, @01:53AM
slughead writes "Forbes Magazine is reporting that AMD will no longer
compete with Intel to make faster, smaller, and more efficient
processors. Just as Mac users would be worse off if Windows didn't
exist, Intel users will be much worse now that AMD will no longer
compete. You see, there's this thing called demand, and when there are
no competing products in a market, a good or service will always
increase the price to the economic equilibrium, unless forced not to by
the state (forget that right now, communists!!). In English: you're
going to get less new technology, and higher prices on existing
technology." On the other hand, AMD is definitely not exiting the chip
business -- they're just trying to branch out from chips for microcomputers.
------snip-----
Warren Togami wrote:
I don't know if AMD conceded to Intel in 32-bit, but I think it doesn't
matter to AMD anymore because their current roadmaps show a strong push
directly into their upcoming 64-bit Hammer architecture. Hammer I think
would minimally match P4 in performance if not exceed, and due to
economies of scale should be far cheaper than Itanium, leading to
greater mass market acceptance. If their plans hold we should be able
to buy relatively cheap 64-bit x86 compatible servers, workstations and
eventually laptops. Linux support will be great too. I can't wait. =)
Warren
_______________________________________________
LUAU mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
