Re: New Intel Silverstone Chip

Tim Roberts <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> dfeustel <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>Is the new Intel Silverstone chip 64-bit instruction capable, or only
32-bit?
> 
> It took me a while to figure out that you really meant "Silverthorne"...
> 
> The official marketing name is "Intel Atom".  Details are still sketchy,
> but everything I read seems to show that is will do x86 32-bit, but not
> 64-bit.  Since it is targetted at things like cell phones and iPods, the
> lack of 64-bit wouldn't be an issue.

Thanks! Atom looks interesting to me although I am more interested in
the 64-bit capable Via Isaiah chip. I have one re****t of Isaiah
motherboards ****pping late this year. An Atom-based HP50g-like
calculator would be interesting.