AMD financial uptick

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5144064.html?tag=nefd_top

Given the fact that AMD has made a pretty good financial uptick, I can't help but think of Intel's IA64 technology as the IBM Microchannel of the 2000s.  I view Itanium as a dragster car and the AMD64 family as a four-door sportscar.  Which is better to go to the grocery store in?  And this is from someone that used to tow the Intel party line when I worked at Coca-Cola in the IT department.  Of course, Coca-Cola invested pretty heavily in IBM microchannel systems........

Wally