[ Thanks to Bill
Henning for this link. ]
“AMD is striking while they are hot…”
“Athlon… Thunderbird… Duron… and now details of the 64 bit
x86 extensions that are the foundation of AMD’s upcoming “Hammer”
series of processors. Sledgehammer will be the first processor in
this series; and I for one am eagerly awaiting its release.”
“I wish to thank Bob Mitton and Rob Lallier of AMD who were kind
enough to brief me on the information they are releasing on August
10th….”
“Q: Are you helping the Linux community port to x86-64?”
“A: We are already in contact with some Linux developers,
look for some more information at the upcoming Linux World
Expo.“