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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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