Re: AMD planning 45nm 12-Core 'Istanbul' Processor ?

Robert Myers wrote:

>I personally believe that what we've got is the worst of all possible
>worlds: AMD on death's door, Microsoft holding on to its monopoly
>catering to just one ISA, and, to all intents and purposes, zero
>diversity in processor architecture.

I personally believe that's a ludicrous position.

Sure, "things could be better", but do you REALLY think we'd have a
chip right now with the Core2's price/performance, if it were not for
AMD competing with Intel?  Sorry, but you'd have to be REALLY stupid
to think so.  X86 would not be there, and IA64 sure as hell would not
be there.