# MS Designing CPU's Now?  EEK!!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 19, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029 "2006-10-19T15:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029/1 "2006-10-19T15:42:12Z")

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19soft.html?\_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19soft.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin)

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**Author:** ![TgDn32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tgdn32/32/7360_2.png) [@TgDn32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TgDn32)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029/2 "2006-10-19T18:02:45Z")

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HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE!!!

RUBICANT READS SOMETHING OVER THAN THE INQUIRER?

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**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029/3 "2006-10-19T18:50:57Z")

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Might not be that big of a deal… their hardware division tends not to fuck things up like their software division does.

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**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029/4 "2006-10-19T19:14:47Z")

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> [@TgDn32](#):
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> HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE!!!
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> RUBICANT READS SOMETHING OVER THAN THE INQUIRER?

THIS JUST IN, KIM JONG IL WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!

😉

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-designing-cpus-now-eek/19029/5 "2006-10-19T19:23:17Z")

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> [@neurokinetik](#):
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> Might not be that big of a deal… their hardware division tends not to fuck things up like their software division does.

Agreed they have put out some decent hardware in the past. Who knows, though there is a bit of an inherant difference between making ICs, and general hardware. But oddly for some reason I’m not really worried.