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To: semi_infinite who wrote (54726)	4/8/1999 12:45:00 AM
From: RDM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571594

techweb.com The 64 bit machine they may be using is possibly some version of the Xeon. I have read that some future versions of Xeon, while not strictly 64 bits throughout will have extended addressing beyond 4 Gibabytes.

To: semi_infinite who wrote (54726)	4/8/1999 3:28:00 AM
From: Rob Young	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571594

MERCED is out??? techweb.com --------------------- Don't wet yourself there laddy . . . MERCED IS OUT in left field. In fact, you probably won't see a Merced box for well over a year. Crappy reporting? Sure. One online rag had "an Intel CPU running a Merced emulator" getting those results. Hardy har har... So just what was it? zdnet.com During Microsoft President Steve Ballmer's keynote earlier today, Program Manager Richard Waymire demonstrated a 64-bit version of Microsoft's SQL Server running on 64-bit Windows 2000 on a four-way Compaq Alpha server. A query on the machine, which would have taken 10 minutes on 32-bit Windows 2000, took just 31 seconds, Waymire said. Microsoft also demonstrated 64-bit Windows NT running on Intel's Merced emulator. Merced is the code name for Intel's forthcoming 64-bit processor. You know... some folks don't DARE tell it like it is ... Ballmer could have really ground it in couldn't he? How about a nice tagline for Ballmer: "You know you could just poke along running an Intel CPU trapped in a 32-bit world OR pop on over here and run an Alpha with a large memory setup and voila!!!" "I am the mighty OZ . . . "