Where on the web are some recent and good articles from 
reliable sources about the near future (i.e. next year 
or two) of the home PC?

I would like URLs of articles with info especially on:

 - The 64-bit core instruction set that will 
   be *standard* for tomorrow's PC

 - When most home users will have 64-bit PCs
   that can run 64-bit Windows applications

 - compatibility with 32-bit and 16-bit Windows 
   applications

Thanks!

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Hi BugleBoy,

I have found a number of articles that cover the topics you mentioned.


Introduction to Opteron and Athlon 64 by Vince Freeman
http://www.cpuplanet.com/features/article.php/30231_1555851_1

AMD prepares to pound the "Hammer" by CNET News.com Staff  
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-976533.html

AMD Answers the 64-Bit Question by Andy Patrizio
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53998,00.html 

Facts & Assumptions about the Architecture of AMD Opteron and Athlon
64
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/amd-hammer-family/index.html

64-Bit CPUs: What You Need to Know by Jim Turley 
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,231,00.asp

AMD - Studio 64
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_5707_7823,00.html
(follow the links on the right-hand side)

"Hammer" to hold 100 million transistors by Michael Kanellos  
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-975510.html

Some Details on Hammer's Future
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1027496035

Giant killing: The 64-bit desktop by Arron Rouse
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=3169

Intel fires 64-bit server salvo by Rick Merritt 
http://www.eet.com/semi/news/OEG20020621S0099

A Sea Change for Semiconductors by Linda Geppert 
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/jan03/semi.html

Some technical sites:

SandPile.org - The world's leading source for pure technical x86
processor information.
http://www.sandpile.org/

The Source x86-64 Technology
http://www.x86-64.org/

Initial Measurements of the Performance of an Athlon 64 Prototype
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/02/26/018/


Search strategy: 

itanium  "athlon 64"
itanium  "athlon 64" x86 code


Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

Looks like the 64-bit question is answered nicely.  I just finished
reading an article in "The Economist" magazine entitled "The new shape
of computing" that I thought I would mention.  While it does not cover
the 64-bit question, it does talk about how computing is becoming more
personal, finding its way to PDAs and cell phones.  I hope you find it
interesting.

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1454436

You may also want to read about Windows XP 64-bit Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/overview.asp

In particular, you may be interested in the section on 32-bit
compatability
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/techinfo/planning/techoverview/desktop.asp

While it is available now, it sounds as if it is still considered a
"preview release" that Microsoft does not expect widespread adoption
of in the near future.