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[Monolithix]

An interesting snippet from The Register this morning, most interestingly is the first paragraph:

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Intel is to flog off its XScale processor operation, the chip giant said today. Themove paves the way for it to push low-power x86 CPUs at mobile phone and PDA makers. The buyer is comms chip company Marvell Technology Group, which is paying $600m cash for the product line and taking on "certain liabilities".

So will we be seeing Windows Mobile x86 or PocketPC-XP Edition?



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[Confucious]

Hee hee - the good old 8086?

[Alex (nedge2k)]

x86 in PPC? OOOooooooo

/me thinks x64 would be better tho

[Pigo]

uuuh... ok not a big interest in proccessors....

Is this Good or bad news?

Pigo

[Monolithix]

x86 is a generic term for all Intel and AMD (and others such as Transmeta) desktop processors.  An x86 CPU would rock a PPC

[nausea]

Monolithix (MVP), on Jun 28 2006, 14:37, said:

x86 is a generic term for all Intel and AMD (and others such as Transmeta) desktop processors.  An x86 CPU would rock a PPC

Then they can make like XP-mobile and we can run normal X86 programs! Like old DOS games     (at least in my dreams thats how it will be!)

[Monolithix]

Er yeah...we get XP running on a handset the size of a PPC, and use it to play DOS games...

I'd much rather play something like counter strike, half life...

[Confucious]

If we're lucky we'll get CGA graphics as well -4 whole colours (or should that be colors?)

I know, I know, even these Pentium thingies are x86, it just bought back memories of the "good" old days!

[nausea]

Monolithix (MVP), on Jun 29 2006, 02:07, said:

I'd much rather play something like counter strike, half life...

Now youre just being greedy!