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To: Scumbria who wrote (52858)	3/18/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578702

Re: " It is competing against a 6+ year core from Intel" The PPro came out in late '95. How do you get 6+ years? EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (52858)	3/18/1999 4:30:00 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578702

Competitors promoting a move to switched fabrics or directory-based systems are already criticizing Profusion's bus-based architecture as limited. But Corollary president George White defended the Profusion architecture, which links into a single backplane two mezzanine boards that hold four processors each. "There will be a few more generations where you should be able to put four CPUs on a bus, but four to five years out, you will have to move to a switched fabric design," said White. eetimes.com