64 bit x86 “Intel style” looks to cease being myth and become reality…
Intel President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini on Wednesday said the world’s largest chipmaker would likely give its 32-bit microprocessors an upgrade to 64 bits once supporting software becomes available.
You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint that we’ll be there,Otellini said, responding to a question about 64-bit technology, in an interview with a Wall Street analyst that was broadcast over the Web.
If Intel do go this route, they’ll have two 64 bit architectures though in quite different market sectors. Itanium in the “Big Iron” arena with Yamhill (Intel hoping) crushing AMD in the desktop, workstation and commodity server markets.
The cat will be out the bag in just over two weeks at the 2004 Spring IDF! :D