[techtalk] Re: [issues] Standards?? PHOOEY!!!

[Nils Philippsen]

[ moved this to techtalk for obvious reasons ]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Julie wrote:
> From: JoAnne Abbott <joabb at uswest.net>
> > These are incremental changes in response to market conditions.
> > I wouldn't want to put a Athlon in a standard PIII chip socket.
[snip]
> 
> Uh, why not?
> 
> This is what I mean by "extensible".  It also touches on proprietary
> versus not.  What if chip manufacturers standardized on the pinout
> of x86-compatible CPUs?
> 
> What would the implications be for AMD and Intel if x86 compatible
> CPUs were plug compatible?

Don't forget that up to (Super) Socket 7 this more or less was the case.

Nils
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