Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (23205)	12/22/2000 1:59:23 PM
From: Rob Young	Respond to of 275872

Intel's Itanic, McKinley chips go misty eyed theregister.co.uk Where it appears that the "dozens of support vendors, just waiting for launch to jump into the fray", (is that different than going down with the ship?) will be dealing with the vagaries of "permanent pilot production" for a while longer. --- Doesn't it get just a little more than comical? Pilot workstations go from March to May of next year.... okay. I suppose we are all collective dimwits with no memory. You know things are getting really bad when Linley "Merced" Gwennap is forced to bail out: eet.com IA-64 Approaches the Starting Line [Yeah, guess what Linley??? The starting line keeps moving, are you wetting yourself with laughter Linley?] This slow ramp is due in part to the long buying cycles common in large servers. But dampening the excitement is that Itanium is simply not delivering the standout performance expected of the first fundamentally new instruction set in nearly 20 years. --- Surprise surprise. NOT Rob