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To: porn_start878 who wrote (22678)	12/17/2000 11:34:09 AM
From: semiconeng	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

As for Digital, they were very powerful at the time... they were even bigger than Intel, and they came up with a chip that revolutioned the PC. They were an healty orange while Intel is closer to an enormous apple rooting from everywhere. Ibm is an other example of a company that unsuccessfully tried to BE the future. -----While I agree that Digital may have been big, my point was, they weren't big in "Semiconductors". Digital Equipment Corp, may have been lots of things, but chips weren't their main business. And look where they are...... aren't today. My interpretation is that it's not Intel that is responsible of the successful move to 32 bit but rather the need of the market to have a backward compatible platform to smootly move to 32 bit. -----Sure, and Itanium will run all 32 bit applications just as fast as current 32 bit chips. Granted, it won't run them any faster, but the question is, Since Corporations will initially be the main target for 64 bit, and since they will need to buy new hardware regardless of whether it is IA-64 or Hammer, The question of success is will corporations go for something that runs 32 bit better, that is extended to 64 (Hammer), or will they go with something that runs all their current 32 bit, as well as being designed specifically for the emerging 64 bit. If I'm spending my companies money, I would go with the true 64 that is backwards compatible, rather than the 32 bit that is forward compatible. Just my decision, but I believe that more purchasing departments will agree with me than not. interesting debate I think :) -----Agreed. It's really refreshing to discuss an issue with someone, where although viewpoints are different, neither side seems to be degenerating into the "AMDroid vs. Intelabie" biases. I think we've had enough of that recently with the Republicans and Democrats.... :-) Semi