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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47509)1/27/1999 12:57:00 PM
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<Intel needs to can the idea immediately but it seems they are waffling like they did with the Pentium FDIV problem.>

Withdrawing the idea is a very drastic step, something that Mr. "Destroy all Pentium III CPUs" from the privacy advocacy groups doesn't have to worry about. Some people were rather surprised how quickly Intel changed the ID default from on to off. Removing the feature entirely not only requires a permanent change inside the CPU, but also makes useless the software that was going to support this feature.

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