Re:We need 64-bit TODAY (Score 1)

Yes but ask any serious coder x86 is seriously flawed, and needs to be replaced. It is dependant on decoders decoders take up huge ammounts of logic to feed current processors. The K7 core in its current design is dead, seen any promising hammer benches and we are 2 months from launch? Doesnt spur my faith yours? If this chip is so killer where is the beef? AMD has so far only confirmed 1400Mhz parts for the best yeilds and they are hand selected cores in demo machines. Plus hammer, can only address 48 bits anyways(the server chip) and the desktop chip is still limited to 4GB oh the sever chip will be $1000+ too. Plus Windows home edition only support 2GB and pro 4GB, you have to buy a $500 server OS to address more that 4GB. plus windows advanced 2K3 server or whatever doesnt support hammer. No Final OS support closest is linux and its still very beta, whats the point? until sortware comes out with support and the prices comes down.