Month: February 2004

The Inquirer reports that only 10,000 socket 939 processors will be made from May through June. Technically, it’s not a delay, but practically, it is. What’s the reason? Who knows? At this point, who cares? There comes a point when

The other day, we said the following: “It’s possible CT technology will be restricted to the high-end just like Extreme Editions.” It seems that at least some Intel execs agree with that. This Reuters article has the head of Intel’s

Is there any real difference between AMD64 and Intel’s CT? Let Intel answer that question. From here: Q9: Is it possible to write software that will run on Intel’s processors with 64-bit extension technology, and AMD’s 64-bit capable processors? A9:

1) Well, there’s hardly any point in buying Prescott-32 now, is there? 2) There’s good reason at the moment to be underwhelmed by Prescott-64. Going to 64-bits hardly solves Prescott’s most pressing problem: heat. You don’t fix an overheated engine

Is Intel’s adaptation of x86-64 technology (and no matter how Intel tries to spin it, that’s what it is, outside of items like SSE3 and hyperthreading which Intel implemented long before this move) a victory for AMD? Depends on how