Intel Conceding 64-Bit Desktops to IBM, AMD
Source: E Week
Sixty-four-bit computing is coming to the desktop next year, but Intel Corp. is gambling that the demand for such power will remain only for high-end enterprise systems.
At the Microprocessor Forum here last week, IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., became the second chip maker to announce a 64-bit product for use in desktops. The 1.8GHz PowerPC 970 will be introduced in the second half of next year.
