My guess is that AMD may be producing some kind of Hyper-Transport compliant graphics co-processor based, in part, on various 3D technologies that Apple has acquired over the past couple of years.

As for the weed-smokers’ fantasies of some derivative of Mac OS X running on an X86 processor… load up your bongs again and keep dreaming…

it’s 11:51 AM PT and still no news! well i did a bit of searching in the AMD site and this is what i found.

Keynote stuff for (from?) today:

Expect the unexpected as AMD President and CEO Hector Ruiz takes attendees through an insightful trip that outlines the innovations that are expanding what is possible and talks in real-world terms about tangible benefits that technology is bringing to customers today. The keynote is open to all registered Comdex attendees.

When: 9 am PST Tuesday, Nov. 19
Where: Hall C5, Las Vegas Convention Center
It’s time to put the Virtual-Pie-In-The-Sky visions aside. It’s time to end the fascination with technology for technology’s sake alone. It’s time for demonstrating innovation that people can use, to talk in real-world terms about tangible benefits that technology is bringing to customers today. Paradoxically, more technology deployment has led to less innovation. In our rush to find the next big thing, it is easy to overlook the innovations that are driving demand right now. The road to recovery requires the entire IT industry to re-examine our value proposition, to make technology advances secondary to true innovations that have the potential to drastically improve the computing experience. From the back office to the home office and beyond, the road to recovery has already been paved. Are you ready?

And here’s what is said to have been announced today at comdex:

AMD Announces “AMD Athlon 64” As Brand Name For Next-Generation Desktop And Mobile Processors
— Upcoming AMD Athlon™ 64 processor will bring simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing to desktop and mobile users —
LAS VEGAS—November 19, 2002—At Comdex, AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced it has selected “AMD Athlon 64” as the brand name for its next-generation processor for desktop and mobile PCs, formerly code named “Clawhammer.”
The upcoming AMD Athlon™ 64 processor is expected to be the industry’s first and only 64-bit, x86 PC processor for desktop and mobile computing. Desktop and mobile PCs built on the AMD Athlon 64 processor will be able to run 64-bit applications at full performance and simultaneously run 32-bit software applications with no performance penalty. It will enable the benefits desktop and mobile PC users want such as quicker loading of applications and better multi-tasking. Users will enjoy vivid realism and richer sound on digital entertainment such as games, streaming video and audio, DVDs and music.
“The ‘AMD Athlon 64’ brand name builds on the familiarity and reputation of the AMD Athlon processor and immediately conveys to customers the performance and technical superiority of its 64-bit computing capability,” said Ed Ellett, vice president of client business segment for AMD’s Computation Products Group.
Customer requirements are leading straight to 64-bit computing: more powerful and data-intensive applications; the phenomenal growth of data that must be collected, analyzed, stored and managed; and the decreasing price of memory devices.
“There’s unstoppable momentum building towards 64-bit computing because it will overcome the inherent limitations of 32-bit systems,” said Ellett. “The upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor will bring the performance benefits of 64-bit computing within reach of all desktop and mobile PC users.”
Another benefit of AMD’s solution is investment protection. When customers are able to buy an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based system, they will buy a PC with a future. Their technology investment will be able to meet their computing needs for years to come.
“Neither PC consumers nor application developers want to start from scratch,” said Ellett. “They want backward compatibility to protect current investments. The upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor is built on existing standards, enabling investment protection and lower total cost of ownership and development.”
The AMD Athlon 64 processor will include a number of technology innovations that provide these benefits. A highly scalable system bus using HyperTransport™ technology is designed to provide more than one and a half times the throughput of other competing technologies. And an integrated memory controller that will boost performance by directly connecting the processor to the memory and dramatically reducing memory latency. In April, AMD announced “AMD Opteron” as the brand name for its enterprise-class processor for workstations and servers, formerly code named “SledgeHammer.”
Systems featuring the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor are planned to be available in late first quarter 2003 or early second quarter 2003. Systems featuring the upcoming AMD Opteron processor are planned to be available in the 1H03 for the server and workstation markets.
About the AMD AthlonФ 64 Processor
The upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor will mark the introduction of the industry’s first 64-bit, x86 technology implementation for desktop and mobile PCs. The AMD Athlon 64 features a high-speed, scalable system bus using HyperTransport technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and reducing latency. The AMD Athlon 64 processor will include an integrated memory controller, which can boost performance by directly connecting the processor to the memory and dramatically reducing memory latency.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001 (NYSE: AMD).
AMD on the Web
For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at http://www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at http://www.amd.com/news/news.html.
Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as “plans,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates” or “intends.” Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Forward-looking statements in this release include the risk that the company will not achieve its current introduction schedule for the AMD Athlon 64 and/or AMD Opteron processors. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Hooray! Hooray for Apple! Hooray for AMD! Hooray! Hooray for Mark Llama’s Gerbil Farm!!

Wait, nothing happened? Oh, ok, never mind, then.

Re: The Order of Things

[quote author=“Anonymous”]Step 1: Apple releases hardware on x86
Step 2: Somebody, somewhere develops a Windows compatibilty layer. If not Connectix, then some open source project
Step 3: Developers stop developing for the Mac—“why spend the money? The mac can run our Windows version. It’s almost completely compatible!”
Step 4: There is no step 4!

Which describes the sad history of OS/2 rather well. Very few people were writing OS/2 software so IBM added Windows compatibility. The rest, along with the OS, is history.

Possibilities

-Digital Device-
Tablet/Palm/Phone
It could be anything

-Processor Switch-
I don’t think there would be a problem with programs linux variants on different hardware platforms all work with out problems .... this may be why apple is stopping the installation of OS 9 on machines… OS would have a problem but not X.

I am excited about tomorrow… I doubt that any of these will be released…
I am very skeptical….

Probably Hypertransport…. anyone know if Nvidia has a prescense there they are also involved in the Hyper Transport Consordium.

*cough*

nothing’s being announced.. the announcement (or lack thereof) has been made and TMO covered the lack of announcement here .