vivin writes: "The Inquirer has reported that Intel has opened up it's FSB. Intel did this during IDF 07. What this means is that you can plug in non-Intel things into the Intel CPU socket. The article says 'This shows that Intel is willing to take AMD seriously as a competitive threat, and is prepared to act upon it. In addition to this breaking one of the most sacred taboos at Intel, it also hints that engineering now has the upper hand over beuraucracy.'"