Posted by Ken Farmer, Wednesday February 04 2004 @ 12:08AM EST
Reuters: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini on Wednesday said the world's largest chip maker would likely give its 32-bit microprocessors an upgrade to 64 bits once supporting software becomes available.
"You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint that we'll be there," Otellini said, responding to a question about 64-bit technology, in an interview with a Wall Street analyst that was broadcast over the Web.
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