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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (53617)	9/2/2001 3:51:29 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 275872

"Constantine, I once had a roommate who worked on Willamette (a.k.a. Pentium 4), so I was able to follow along the project's development path. Never once was the project cancelled. There may have been some design changes along the way, but they couldn't have been in response to Athlon. This is because by the time Athlon ramped up in frequency and volume, Willamette was already close to tapeout." Constantine, I too had a co-worker who worked on Willamette (a.k.a. Pentium 4), for many years, in software optimizations, so he was able to follow along the project's development path. It is true that never once was the project cancelled, but there have been several serious designs changes along the 5-year way when the Willamette was "close" to tapeout. And the last delays were apparently in response to Athlon since K7 was sampled to Dell in 1999, and there is no need in ramping up in frequency nor in volume for Intel to understand the Athlon's architectural potential. - Ali