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Subject: Re: Refuting nonsense about 64 bits servers/supercomputer chips

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 07:53:43 09/01/01

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On September 01, 2001 at 10:20:52, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On September 01, 2001 at 08:40:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2001 at 02:48:22, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>Oh what a nonsense thread!
>>
>>Let's put it this way, making a 64 bits server/supercomputer
>>chip is taking many years,
>>so far we have heart nothing from AMD they want to make one,
>>so logically seen it would take at least another 6 to 7 years to
>>build one for AMD.
>>
>>Intel is going to dominate 64 bits market completely now
>>that they have taken over Alpha,
>>though this market is of 0% value for computerchess, because
>>those computers are in price ranges from like $20000 a machine
>>to many millions of dollars for the bigger servers.
>>
>>Chance AMD is going to compete there is the same chance that
>>Coca Cola is going to build a starship enterprise that is travelling
>>to mars.
>
>Never heard of Sledgehammer?

I did not, but thank you!
So at the end my feeling was not that wrong!

Sandro Necchi
>
>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2482599.html?tag=rltdnws
>(google will tell you more)



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