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Though in hindsight a 64-bit version of x86 would’ve killed them all anyways. Had Intel invested money into that instead, they’d still win easily.
by Hypx_ 5y ago
Though in hindsight a 64-bit version of x86 would’ve killed them all anyways. Had Intel invested money into that instead, they’d still win easily.
- grp000 5y agoMight be a case of sunk cost fallacy. The article mentions that while vendors were asking for 64 bit, they didn't want to cannibalize Itanium, but were forced to anyway when AMD came out with their 64 bit pentium compatible CPU.