* Steve Baker (ice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) on [10-11-00 12:49] did utter: > Neil Doane <caine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > * Hunter (hunters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) on [10-11-00 09:18] did utter: > > > > > > Motorola catches up clock-wise with the rest of the world... > > > > > > http://cnet.Com/news/0-1006-200-3154333.Html?Tag=st.Ne.1002.Thed.Ni > > > > > > and AMD gets SMP... > > > > > > http://www.amd.com/news/prodpr/20165.html > > > > If Motorola is as far along with the 1Ghz G4 as AMD is with their SMP > > boxes, > > I wouldn't hold my breath. > > And why is that? If AMD has demonstrated their 760 chipset, then I think > it would almost be ready for production, or at least not very far off. They > have after all been promising this for quite some time. I think early next > year we'll see dual processor Athlon systems. I for one can't wait. Well, that was my point that it'll probably be a few months. It will be quite cool when done, but they have a long way to go from what I've gathered from our hardware engineers working with AMD prototyping. A demonstration of a working model does not a sellable product make (take IA-64, for example.) Neil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . /._ o / --personal="caine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" /|//- / / --business="caine@xxxxxxxxxxx" / ''- / /__ --homepage="http://antediluvian.org/"; ' ~~ http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~