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Intel Announces Vanderpool: 2005 CPU That Multitasks OSes

edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
A computer chip designed to run more than one operating system at a time could break Microsoft's stranglehold on PC software. Plans for the chip were announced last week by Intel, the world's largest maker of processor chips.

Due for launch within five years, the chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously. Analysts are saying it could be one of the decade's most significant breakthroughs in computer technology.

[link=http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994215]Catch the rest at New Scientist[/link]

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  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited October 2003
    the chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously.

    probably not the best analogy to use as IE sucks and running word is, well, not an impressive feat.

    :D;D

    Gobbles
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