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To: Scumbria who wrote (59798)	5/27/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572802

Re: "The vendors say Merced also will maintain full compatibility with the 32-bit Pentium and HP's PA-RISC MAX2 instructions....This sounds like a debilitating amount of baggage for Merced. " I don't think the article said anything about future followons still maintaining x86 compatibility.... EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (59798)	5/27/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: DRBES	Respond to of 1572802

LOOKS LIKE THE REALLY BAD NEWS ON AMD STOCK PRICE CONTINUES: EVERY TIME THAT IT DROPS VOLUME DRIES UP AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF LOTS OF BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES READY, IMPATIENTLY, TO BUY THE COMMON !!! If you want to accumulate it cheaply, those days appear to be numbered or even behind us. Remember it is "Buy Low & Sell High." Regards, DARBES

To: Scumbria who wrote (59798)	5/27/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572802

SCUMbria - Re: "This sounds like a debilitating amount of baggage for Merced. From a software developers point of view, it appears good- but for the CPU designers it is a nightmare." Not anymore. The design is done and tape-out will be done very soon. Re :" These features of the IA64 architecture are very compelling! As compilers become more sophisticated, the large register set will provide a nice speedup for some special purpose applications" Wouuldn't it be a bummer if all the software guys started working on Merced instead of optimizing their older stuff to run "acceptably" on the K7 ? That would be a shame. Paul