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Old 07-06-2009
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Default VMware CEO: Intel's x86 is filled with "junk silicon"

While i most certainly dont agree with this, it is coming from somebody who has had quite a prolonged relationship with AMD and i found it interesting that someone like the CEO of VMware would say something like that considering his background.

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Former Intel employee and current CEO of VMware, Mr. Paul Maritz recently "opened a can of whoop-ass" on the x86 architecture. Delivering a keynote speech at TiEcon 2009, Paul attacked Intel's pitch of "x86 inside mobile device" with powerpoint slideware that just ripped into Intel's x86 "green" pitch.

According to the TechPulse360, Paul didn't spare heavy words to the assembled audience: "It’s a power hog, it loves electricity, all those [unused] gates are basically consuming power". If you thought that this was less than flattery, this quote made sure Intel's PR machine gets into damage limitation mode with the following statement: "It’s all junk silicon."
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...k-silicon.aspx

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