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To: Paul Engel who wrote (87506)	8/31/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul - <The fact that Merced is "sampleable" on First Silicon is STUNNING !> On behalf of the Process Engineering / Manufacturing side, you're welcome. PB

To: Paul Engel who wrote (87506)	8/31/1999 5:47:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "The fact that Merced is "sampleable" on First Silicon is STUNNING !" That's what I say too but you should see the pooh poohing going on over on the AMD thread that this is no big deal!! Every new architecture should be up and running in 2 weeks from F.S.!!! They claim the K7 was up and running the first day, just !!!no motherboards or chipsets!!!! In fact this is an incredible achievement! A running system demonstration in 2 weeks is absolutely unprecedented. EP

To: Paul Engel who wrote (87506)	8/31/1999 5:49:00 PM
From: Craig M. Newmark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

But there's no pleasing some folks. Over on the AMD thread, mere weeks after some ugly comments along the lines of "Maybe Merced hasn't taped out yet!" and "Why aren't we hearing more about MerDUD???" they are now saying that demoing first silicon is a "sign of desperation" on Intel's part. And they wonder why the MHz of the Merced engineering sample wasn't reported. "Suspicious," they suggest. Sigh. Fortunately, Intel longs don't have to indulge in paranoid fantasies and suspicions and hatred. We can just enjoy part-ownership of one of the greatest companies on Earth and count our profits. Craig