AMD may have to stop making x86 CPUs tomorrow

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/amd-may-have-to-stop-making-x86-cpus-tomorrow-20090514/

by azharcs • 17 years ago

34 9 17 years ago

lsb• 17 years ago

Perhaps we'll get a big shift towards more ARM processors soon? "Performance per watt" was big in Jobs' pitch of the move from Power PC to Intel Core.

The 8086 was released in 1978, and 31-year-old bytecode still runs on Intel's newest x86 chips. The only thing that's stayed more constant for 3 decades is the rotational frequency of disk platters.

gaius• 17 years ago

Or SPARC!

habs2• 17 years ago

After losing $1.45 billion due to illegal operations in Europe, I'm sure kicking AMD out the x86 market won't warm them to the anti-trust commission.

tc3• 17 years ago

Keep in mind AMD was the one lobbying worldwide for anti-trust actions against Intel (even as their market share was growing). Setting up your competition to get slapped with a record-setting fine on dubious non-sworn evidence is playing pretty dirty. I suspect Intel is looking for ways to return the favor.

nop• 17 years ago

It's only dirty if Intel isn't guilty but AMD is somehow influencing the ruling against Intels favor. Assuming AMD is indeed doing that, it's still only the corporate version of reporting a crime to the police.

habs2• 17 years ago

Regardless of AMD's intentions in this case or the financial implications of this decision. Intel with either look like a petulant corporation or worse, an organisation that actively strong arms its competition...well at least to any anti-trust commissions any way.

AMD may have to stop making x86 CPUs tomorrow

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