AMD zal volgende week op het Microprocessor Forum in San Jose details vrijgegeven rondom de 64-bits K8 en high-end Athlon Ultra processors, zo bericht News.com:
Although little is known about the K8, sources close to AMD have said that it will be a 64-bit processor, which means it can process 64 bits per clock cycle, double the current rate of current Intel and AMD microprocessors. Merced, due by mid-2000, will be Intel's first 64-bit processor. Fred Weber, vice president of engineering at AMD, is slated to speak at the conference on Tuesday.Weber also likely will discuss the Athlon Ultra, a version of AMD's latest chip that can be used in multiprocessor servers and workstations. Ultras, coming next year, are expected to have buses that run faster than 200 MHz, the current Athlon standard, and contain up to 8MB of secondary cache, or four times the amount found on Xeon processors.
Verder wordt in dat artikeltje gezegd dat de Athlon voorlopig nog niet erg wil aanslaan bij grote dozenschuivers (wegens beperkte mobo supply). News.com heeft ook wat info over de Compaq/API Alpha EV8 en de IBM Power4. Check 't hier.
