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An SAS Sergeant killed three Taliban with his Glock and then another three with a claw hammer bringing to mind the old saw that when your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail. He certainly nailed three Taliban.

AMD yesterday published revised its processor roadmaps, showing later than expected launches for 64-bit Clawhammers and 32-bit Bartons. Clawhammer chips are now, in AMD's phrase expected to "ship for revenue" Q1, 2003 - previously they were slated for shipping in Q4 this year. This means that Hammer-enabled systems should be available to the general public at the turn of Q1/Q2, 2003, AMD tells us(The server version - Opteron - is still supposed to launch in H1 next year. So no movement there.) Similarly, Barton, the upcoming iteration of the AMD Athlon XP, is showing production slippage, with launch rescheduled from...

Why the Buzz on Hammer Just Won't QuitJust in case you haven't been paying attention, AMD's upcoming 8th generation processor has been generating a steady buzz of discussion almost since the first of the year.  This has led to an occasional outburst of exasperation from editors at various websites, some of whom have complained the web community in general is too focused upon Hammer.  Hammer is, their argument goes, an unproven product with a distant and uncertain launch date, and should not be focused on so heavily.  It's also been suggested by some that much of the Hammer hype itself...

Opteron and Itanium: Two Roads to 64-bit ComputingBy Johan De Gelas Friday, July 5, 2002 7:51 AM EDT A flood of articles have already been written about AMD's Opteron, otherwise known as Sledgehammer and Clawhammer DP. Quite a few editorials believe it will become a very popular server and workstation CPU which will force Intel to follow in AMD's footsteps and introduce 64-bit extensions in their current 32-bit x86 line. At the same time, Intel and many industry analysts claim that 64-bit CPUs for the workstation and desktop are more of a marketing gimmick than anything else, at least...