Re: AMD's PowerNow?
From: "Alan Shutko" <ats@acm.org>
> Derek Broughton <derek_broughton@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have a real problem buying into that explanation.
>
> http://lists.insecure.org/linux-kernel/2001/Jul/0039.html
That's certainly definitive. It's the same unsupported allegation from a
different source. :-)
And James said:
> Actually I think they added that into their mobile processors to keep
> Transmeta
> from taking market share from their mobile processor line. The Crusoe
> processor
Sure - but how does Intel benefit from it unless the O/Ss are capable of
using it? The only business reason for Intel to keep it secret is if they
did it for a specific customer.
derek
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