It's (Almost) Hammer Time

thelizman writes "C|Net is catching up on the buzz with AMD's Hammer line of processors. Of note in the article is how AMD demonstrated their 64-bit contender using Linux and Windows, instead of just Windows. In reality, Linux will likely have 64 bit applications more quickly than Microsoft, and will see use on this processor more readily than your average WinTel machine, so you know...like...it only makes sense."

Showcasing Linux shows...

[Archie Steel]

...that AMD knows which way the Winblows...er, I mean...which way the wind blows.

news for nerds...

[edrugtrader]

not comedians, taco...

Will this hammer...

[Anonymous Coward]

come with an ice pick? Cuz you're gonna need a solid block of ice to cool the damn thing. It IS an AMD, afterall.

AMD's New Slogan

[Talisman]

You can't touch this!

Talisman

Can't touch this

[Magnusite]

Argh, is this going to add yet ANOTHER set of addressing modes? Now we will have:

mov ah, #1
mov ax, #1
mov eax, #1
mov eeax, #1

Seriously, I wonder how they have modified the register addressing field of the instructions to handle this.

Cut to the chase

[Anonymous Coward]

Shouldn't we forget 64 bit and go straight for 256 bit processor? Studies show that 4 out of 5 dentist prefer 256 bit processors.

Re:64-bit on the desktop?

[DeadVulcan]

So is 64-bit for a normal user going to do much?

Extra computer power will always find a way to get used up in frivolous ways by the sex trade, trust me.

Re:M.C. Hammer TIME!

[Anonymous Coward]

can you finish the lyrics? i had this tape when i was 9 years old and had made up my own lyrics, turns out they aren't even close to the real ones. i'm curious as to how it ends: here's what i remember.....

Or take to learn
whatcha gonna do when the mike is burned
the charts, legit
either work hard or you might as well quit
thats word and you know.....
can't touch this....

go with the flow
it is said
if you can't follow hammer you're better off dead
so wave your hands in the air
bust a few moves with your fingers in the air
move slide your rump
just for a minute let's all do the hump
hump hump hump hump
yahhhh........can't touch this.

Hammertime?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does every processor sold come with a free pair of parachute pants?

Backwards compatible to....

[Anonymous Coward]

...1978

I wanna boot CP/M on it!!! I wanna boot CP/M on it!!! I wanna, I wanna, I wanna!!!

Re:64-bit on the desktop?

[Just Some Guy]

Are there any other compelling reasons for a 64-bit arch?

Of course -- you can double your RC5 throughput and dazzle your friends. :)

Uh-Oh

[Alan Partridge]

here comes the HAMMER

Re:Will this hammer...

[phagstrom]

Cuz you're gonna need a solid block of ice to cool the damn thing. It IS an AMD, afterall

With no cooler:

Can't thouch this!! :-)

After all, Bill Gates Himself said...

[epukinsk]

'640K^H^H^H^H 4 gigs is more memory than anyone will ever need.'

-Erik