Bio-Hazard
04-27-2006, 12:46 AM
"Costing tax payers in the hundred millions of dollars, is the premium worth the cost? AMD says no
Government bodies are starting to become more strict about buying specific brands of computer equipment -- notably Intel-specific hardware. Recently, there has been much talk about software coding with specific features for one processor and limiting something else for a different processor. Skype was on the front page (http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=685) for giving more features to users who used Intel processors than those who were using AMD processors. AMD itself has been handing out subpoenas (http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1045) to companies that it believes to be unfairly favoring Intel. "
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1971
Government bodies are starting to become more strict about buying specific brands of computer equipment -- notably Intel-specific hardware. Recently, there has been much talk about software coding with specific features for one processor and limiting something else for a different processor. Skype was on the front page (http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=685) for giving more features to users who used Intel processors than those who were using AMD processors. AMD itself has been handing out subpoenas (http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1045) to companies that it believes to be unfairly favoring Intel. "
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1971