ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD) will announce on Wednesday that it has gained crucial support from Microsoft for its forthcoming 64-bit processor family code-named Hammer, according to reports published Wednesday. AMD, Intel's main rival in the PC processor business, will announce that Microsoft plans to offer versions of its Windows operating system that can run on Hammer, The Wall Street Journal and the San Jose Mercury News reported in their online editions. AMD of Sunnyvale, Calif., has scheduled a conference call for 4:30 p.m. Eastern time in which it plans to announce "two significant developments" related to its 64-bit processor family, according to AMD's Web site. An AMD spokeswoman in Europe declined further comment.
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