[107706] in Cypherpunks
Re: CDR: Re: Adieu Privacy: Intel identifiziert Chips
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Thu Jan 21 15:56:10 1999
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:40:27 +0100 (CET)
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
cc: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990121102848.7045C-100000@denver>
Reply-To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Jim Burnes - Denver wrote:
> Oh...and the obvious followup. Intel is not the only x86
> player on the market. AMD is becoming a popular alternative
> (especially in the gaming market where piracy is rampant).
> Not to mention Cyrix etc etc.
Since CPU's lacking the ID features will be unable to run the modern
applications of the future, market pressures will force manufacturers of
Intel compatible CPU's to add equivalent identifers.
-- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
