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To: Steve Lee who wrote (100043)	2/29/2000 9:27:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Steve, >s there any publicly available info on work Intel is doing on a 128 bit MP? I'm thinking along the lines of what would be necessary for the X-Box to compete with the Sony Playstation and who might manufacture the processor and (RD)RAM. Might be a wee bit off the roadmap. Isn't the Sony 128 bitter an extremely instruction limited processor, in other words, a specialty just-for-games CPU? Would seem to be reaching out to a different space with a one of a kind chip. I'd think Intel has enough going, but you never know. Tony

To: Steve Lee who wrote (100043)	2/29/2000 1:19:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

Steve, I have no info on any sort of 128-bit processor from Intel, or whether Intel plans on making competing chips to the Emotion engine in Sony Playstation 2. I do hear that Microsoft's X-Box will use regular PC components, and perhaps either a Pentium or Athlon processor. By the way, I don't think X-Box stands a chance against Playstation 2, even if the hardware specs are superior. Unless Sony stumbles, there's no way X-Box can get the software support necessary to match that of PS2. Tenchusatsu