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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Paul Engel who wrote (64724)7/11/1999 4:01:00 AM
From: RDM  Read Replies (1) of 1576123
 
<The story has some merit>

I think the timeframe of Merced is not the biggest threat to it's success. Rather I think the bigger problems are:

1. It will be disappointing in the speed of running current X86 code. It may run at 50%-70% of the speed of the fastest available x86 processors at the time it comes out.

2. The world they really has to have true 64 computing is very small and currently is limited to large databases (such as the top 10% of Oracles customers) and esoteric applications needing more than 8 gigabytes of RAM. (Yes I said GIGABYTES).

3. The 64 bit performance will lag behind Alpha in single and multiple CPU configurations.

4. McKinley (two years after Merced) may eliminate my Alpha objection (#3 above) at that time. This would particulary be true if Compaq gives up on Alpha due to items 1 & 2 above.

It is these considerations that more seriously determine the success of Merced than 1 month or 3 month delay.
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