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What do you make of it?
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19 years ago
AMD buys National's Geode unit
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- posted
19 years ago
My boss just said "so next year, we'll be looking for a new processor because AMD will end-of-life the Geode."
-- Alex Pavloff - remove BLAH to email Software Engineer, Eason Technology
- posted
19 years ago
I wasn't going to say anything, but that was my first thought too.
- posted
19 years ago
National has been trying to get out of the PC processor biz for the last few years. The Geode was to be a niche market (if I recall correctly), but I guess it was a looser. Its a very competive market, National made the right move.
Cheers
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19 years ago
years.
a looser.
Right move for their shareholder, perhaps. We'll just have to wait and see what happens to us Geode users.
-- Alex Pavloff - remove BLAH to email Software Engineer, ESA Technology
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19 years ago
AMD are unlikely to kill ALL Geode variants, soon after they buy
- but they may prune the 'low volume' variants ( ie hope your Geode is not in that pigenhole )
A couple of years out, you might find FAB issues kick in. Which FAB line the die goes down becomes pretty important.
Anyone know where the Geodes are FAB'd ?
Examples : AMD pulled a FAB line on Lattice, and Philips pulled one on Xilinx.