Venator schrijft: "Uit een interview met Drew Prairie, PR Manager bij AMD, kunnen we opmaken dat de Sledgehammer niet aan het einde van dit jaar al te koop zal zijn. Eerder werd gemeld dat een aantal computerleveranciers waaronder Compaq al in het vierde kwartaal van dit jaar de Sledgehammer kunnen gaan leveren."
Q7: Lately little has been heard about your SledgeHammer project. Could you share some info with us about how the development of this 8th-generation processor is progressing? What advantages can we expect in this new CPU architecture over your competitors' similar products? And also does the codename come from Peter Gabriel's chart hit from the 80s?![]()
A: Sledgehammer is an unannounced product, so I can't supply many details on the processor features etc. We have not accelerated the public timeline for SledgeHammer, so don't expect to see systems this year. What we have said is that SledgeHammer will feature 2 processor die on a singe chip, and that it will feature the x86-64 instruction set. X86-64 is an extension to the current x86 instruction set to enable support for 64 bit operations. Our approach is similar to what was done during the move from 8- to 16-bits and from 16- to 32-bits. We think our approach is the most straightforward approach to 64-bit computing since it does not require developers to toss out all of their x86 knowledge or tools, and also ensures leading performance on the billions of dollars of currently available 32-bit software. Not sure where the codename came from…