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To: rudedog who wrote (30437)	8/6/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Richie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Dog...... guess this means for like the first time in about 6 years.... a person can purchase a computer (say P2-400) and not have... it be out of date by the time you get it out of the box! Looks like you have a cutting edge machine for at least 2 years... and thats a LONG time in this environment. RichieH

To: rudedog who wrote (30437)	8/6/1998 3:07:00 PM
From: Jason Hall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

I read an article awhile ago about intel having optimization labs running with developers so they can optimize their code for merced. Now I guess we all know why. From what I've read, it seems most of the performance gains from merced and McKinley are the result of improved manufacturing processes and not an improved architecture. Alpha can be redesigned to use the same manufacturing process (.18, .13, copper, soi, etc.) The alpha 21264 is still on a .35 micron process and currently runs at 600Mhz. It's a good thing intel is populated by engineers, and not marketing people like compaq and microsoft, or else a FUD machine would be cranking right about now. I won't speculate on performance, but really don't see where EPIC is that much of an improvement over RISC.

To: rudedog who wrote (30437)	8/6/1998 5:06:00 PM
From: Senator949	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

<< Insiders have been saying for at least 6 months that Intel will position Merced as a 'development vehicle' and the real product is McKinley. Finally Intel is leaking that to the trade press after getting all of the big customers comfortable. >> So what they're really doing is saying that there first 64bit end user processor is delayed at least another 6 months. Was mid 1999, then 2000 now 2001 with Mckinley. I wonder when they'll announce the first Mckinley delay? Does anyone want to bet we'll see a commercial product before 2002? Robin