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To: paul who wrote (18221)	7/27/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

IA-64 is not the competition. This chip right here will be: dec.com dec.com Total kick-ass chip! If they can produce these chips at a reasonable cost and CPQ can get a marketing engine going these chips alone will sell lots of boxes. James

To: paul who wrote (18221)	7/27/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

I disagree about IA-64. It's just late (slipped 1/2 year last year for production shipments a year from now). Every key computer company in the world is throwing support behind it, most key being IBM, HP, and, of course, Sun Microsystems for Solaris support. After these are Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Bull, Sequent, you name it. McKinley, next after Merced, and maybe twice the performance, is looking like the one to go into high volume. How can you ignore Intel with their unmatched process, manufacturing, and economy of scale prowess in the chip business? And, is HP chopped liver in their contribution to the architecture? You could just as much ignore an oncoming train, I guess. Tony