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To: art slott who wrote (3167)	5/31/1998 4:55:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 8219

INTC's Merced delay is it design or manufacturing ? its design ! For a 64-bit chip that has only been "simulated" and the reality that INTC's currrent 32-bit chips run hot , design problems seem logical . INTC rushed a ambitious design into Merced to offset IBM's PowerPC G3 shipping in Apple's G3 Macs 11/6/97 , with a RISC/64-bit G4 promised . Incredibly INTC was touting its design last week at the Microprocessor Forum without indication of delay : " SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Complex twists on traditional RISC-based superscalar CPUs vied with Intel's new, highly parallel IA-64 architecture at last week's Microprocessor Forum, here. " eet.com Many software providers were promised a early Merced and INTC's at close of day Friday "manufacturing delay" news release was a dodge . INTC does not seem to be forthcoming elsewhere : " Another shoe dropped this week when Intergraph moved to quash what it called premature reports of settlement talks between itself and Intel. "Contrary to some recent news accounts, Intel has not approached Intergraph's management or attorneys about conducting settlement negotiations related to the lawsuit," Intergraph chief executive Jim Meadlock said in a statement. " INTC's original Merced schedule may have been a ploy to prevent the compiler authors from seriously considering IBM's PowerPC . INTC may soon find itself standing next to MSFT explaining in a court of law how it made "innovation" happen : " Meanwhile, legal observers said the FTC's case against Intel may move to a vote by the five FTC commissioners in the next two weeks. "I anticipate that it will move along quickly," said Howard Morse, a Washington attorney and former assistant director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. " eet.com Bad Intel preannouncing ! Regards, Jim K.