From: Bryan J. Smith (b.j.smithieee.org)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 21:35:50 CDT

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On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 17:33, jason.brashearamd.com wrote:
> AMD's new 64bit Optaron is a great replacement.
> What about it?

In reading Volumes 1-5 of the AMD x86-64 architecture and programming
manuals, I'm vastly impressed how AMD has been able to address IA-32
compatibility, as well as extend the functionality to 64-bit as well as
optimize vector instuction performance. Now that's just the ISA.

Add in HyperTransport, which is a working NGIO (next generation I/O)
_today_ and the Opteron/Athlon64 is one hell of an innovation in my
book.

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