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To: Timothy Liu who wrote (66615)8/22/1999 4:35:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Respond to of 132070
 
However, in recent HP tests, the net integer performance of a simulation of the first Merced chip was 90% of HP's current 440-MHz PA-RISC 8500, and 85% of the 8500's ability to calculate floating-point operations ...

Nice. Perhaps the rumor was just a Freudian slip. <g>

Tom



To: Timothy Liu who wrote (66615)8/22/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Tim, I definitely missed that second news item, but it didn't make any difference. The "correction" sounds exactly like the original story. The chip is a dud, HWP will make a few Merced boxes, but not make a push until the assasinated President chip is available. That was the weakest no-change correction I've ever seen.


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