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To: Paul Engel who wrote (3430)9/18/1996 7:02:00 PM
From: Paul Engel   of 186894
 
Intel's 64 MERCED Joint Development with HP -

Good news on this front. Intel and Microsoft made a joint announcement today. Microsoft is actively involved in developing a 64 bit version of Windows NT for the Merced.

Further, Intel verbalized that the new processor will be backwards compatible with the existing 32 bit software.

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"Our announcement today represents an important milestone in the progress of Intel's IA-64 processor
program," said Albert Yu, senior vice president and general manager, Intel's microprocessor products group.
"The Windows NT operating system, optimized for the IA-64 architecture, will further extend the capabilities and
performance already seen today with Windows NT and the Pentium Pro processor. Starting with Merced, IA-64
will provide new levels of performance and scalability in the server and workstation computing
environments,while maintaining full compatibility with the existing base of IA-32 software."

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The complete text of this press release can be found at the following URL:

biz.yahoo.com

So, just as with every Intel chip since the 8088/8086, our old software should fire right up when we get our NEW MERCED P7 PC's.

I think I'll place my order tomorrow.

Paul
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