曾经统治PC业界多年的Wintel联盟,在为双方获得最大的市场和利益的同时,也创造了个人计算的辉煌时代。可是最近的一些迹象表明Wintel联盟开始出现解体。请看下面的事实: ·Intel对Windows NT的头号对手Linux的主要供应商Red Hat进行投资,更为重要的是Red Hat与Microsoft能够同时采用Intel最新处理器方面的重要技术信息。在刚刚结束的Linux World大会下,Intel宣布将于明年推出专为IA-64体系结构编写的Linux内核。 ·Intel架构实验室已开发了运行Java的芯片。 ·Intel将其Web视频压缩技术授权给Microsoft的竞争对手Real Networks,使Intel的Streaming Web The Wintel alliance, once ruled by the PC industry for many years, has created a glorious era of personal computing while gaining the maximum market and interest for both parties. However, some recent signs indicate the collapse of the Wintel coalition. Consider the following facts: • Intel is investing in Red Hat, Linux’s No. 1 supplier of Linux, and more importantly, both Red Hat and Microsoft are using the most important technical information about Intel’s newest processors. At the just-concluded Linux World conference, Intel announced the Linux kernel to be written for the IA-64 architecture next year. Intel Architecture Labs has developed a chip that runs Java. Intel licensed its Web video compression technology to Microsoft’s rival Real Networks for Intel’s Streaming Web