This afternoon, East Coast time, AMD will hold a conference call to update the world on "significant developments" on Hammer.
The most obvious significant development would be Microsoft support for its upcoming 64-bit CPU platform. The other obvious thing is the brand name for the 64-bit CPU (Hammer is simply a code name), the subject of much speculation on the Web. Electronic News appears to be first with the name for server versions of Hammer. It's now to be called Opteron. Desktop versions will come under Athlon's branding cloak.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the announcements, say that AMD will confirm MS' backing. Neither party would talk in public to the WSJ, beyond a "we're evaluating the technology" from Microsoft.
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