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To: Process Boy who wrote (54618)	4/7/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570958

PB - Re: " Could you imagine if Willamette was slated to come out this summer?" My understanding is that Intel should have first silicon on the 0.18 micron Willamette by this fall. This will allow Intel plenty of time for testing, certification, debugging and tweaking and optimization - in time for a mid-2000 introduction. I believe the Willamette will also be coupled with Colusa and/or Carmel chip sets, so Intel needs to get all these working TOGETHER before releasing Willamette (and Foster). Paul

To: Process Boy who wrote (54618)	4/8/1999 3:53:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570958

And while they are "failing", they are developing an extremely strategic and complex architecture (IA64), because, I believe, they are looking toward the future. Looking toward the future is good, yes, but I think it was a tactical mistake to push IA64 at the expense of x86. In hindsight, Intel overestimated the non-x86 competition (MIPS, SPARC, PPC, etc) and underestimated the x86 competition (AMD). The irony is that Intel doesn't need Merced to win the high-end CPU business. They are already winning that business with the lowly x86! And dumbmoney, I would be willing to bet you IA64 pays off for Intel quite handsomely. Possibly. I predict a very slow ramp in any case.