Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Intel Concedes 64-Bit Chips Are Wave of the Future

Intel Concedes 64-Bit Chips Are Wave of the Future: "The Intel Corporation, which has long dominated the computer microprocessor market it created in 1971, did an abrupt about-face on Tuesday, announcing that it would follow the lead of its much smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices, by building 64-bit capability into its most popular chips.
The strategy reversal is a setback for Intel, the world's largest chip maker, which had been trying to convince computer users that more powerful 64-bit processing aimed at heavy-duty corporate and scientific computing should be handled exclusively by its ambitious, but incompatible, Itanium processors. "

p.s. sorry about the sparse posts during the last week; I was on vacation

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