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To: chic_hearne who wrote (109810)5/8/2000 7:20:00 PM
From: Mani1  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 1587290
 
Chic I think when it is all said and done, Merced will be the most expensive mistake in the history of MPU design.

Boy I miss Paul Engel at time like this.

Mani



To: chic_hearne who wrote (109810)5/8/2000 7:24:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 1587290
 
RE:"IMHO, I think IA64 will end up in the same boat as the Ultra Sparc III. By the time it actually gets released, it will be taped out in Mhz and will be obsolete."

I totally agree. MHz will be the achillies heel of Itanium.
Let Intel and Itanium do the dirty work and step in with a scalable chip...
SH?
Jim



To: chic_hearne who wrote (109810)5/8/2000 7:33:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1587290
 
Chic,

You could also ask why IBM produced the original PC using an Intel chip when they already had S/370, 4680, Series/1, AS/400...

I have no hangup with the strategy of producing a best-of-breed system using an OEM processor, which was presumably the objective in this case. Problem is they are building a Formula 1 racing car around a dud engine.


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