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To: Scumbria who wrote (59257)	5/22/1999 12:43:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572802

Scumbria, Doesn't time to market favor a multi-threaded OS operating on multiple run-of-the-mill 64-bit processor systems instead of a EPIC kind of processor? Wouldn't it be a beast to verify McKinley and follow-on products and wouldn't that be their ultimate undoing? Why or Why not? Could you elaborate? Chuck P.S.: Is Chorus, probably the most elegant multi-processor OS when I was involved in that kind of stuff, still alive?

To: Scumbria who wrote (59257)	5/22/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572802

<I don't see how or why IA64 moves to the desktop however.> I can see how. Intel isn't going to drive IA-64 down to the desktop until an adequate software base is developed and established. Merced and McKinley are going to be the platforms to get the ball rolling on IA-64 software development. As for why, well ... er ... why not? If Intel is planning on IA-64 to be the "rage that sweeps the computing world," why not have an ambitious plan that involves not only servers and workstations, but desktops as well? Tenchusatsu