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RE: AMD's PowerNow?



-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Broughton [mailto:derek_broughton@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:06 PM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: 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
Or they are trying to cover up how badly made it is. 

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