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To: Gary Ng who wrote (80698)	5/11/1999 1:35:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gary - <The Register at times can also ask intelligent questions.> Peter Sheriff wrote this article. I have noticed that Mr. Sheriff doesn't appear to have the anti-intel bias that Mike Magee does. PB

To: Gary Ng who wrote (80698)	5/11/1999 1:44:00 AM
From: Joseph Pareti	Respond to of 186894

The Intel 64 fund--which has received multimillion dollar contributions from the chipmaker, Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer, Compaq Computer, SGI and an investor group managed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter among others--is geared to encourage start-ups, as well as established companies, to develop software for the "IA-64" bit architecture, said John Miner, vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Server Group at Intel. Merced, the first Intel IA-64 chip, is due in the middle of next year while its successor, McKinley, will come out toward the end of 2001. Intel chips currently are based around a 32-bit architecture. The 64-bit chip, which will vastly increase the amount of data that can flow through a microprocessor, will compete against 64-bit processors from Sun Microsystems and others. "This will enable innovative solutions in the application tools and middleware area," Miner said. E-commerce applications will also receive funding, he added. Fund investments, ideally, will help ameliorate the chicken-and-egg problem that occurs with every new technology generation. By encouraging the development of software, hardware vendors will have an easier time selling pricey Merced server computers to corporate customers. Similarly, the investment reduces the risk inherent in moving to a new architecture. Also, increasing the momentum behind Intel's architecture will cut the overall cost of products in the marketplace," said Miner, commenting on the dilemma corporate customers face with computer budgets. "Demand [for Intel-based servers] is growing at exceptional rate, but budgets don't grow at the same rate," he said. Intel chips today are based on 32-bit architectures, but several competitors have 64-bit chips that compete with Intel.