Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:58:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Sebestyen Zoltan <szoli@netvisor.hu> To: Jay West <jlwest@tseinc.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Intel? - NOT Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9908271556350.9830-100000@linux.intranet.netvisor.hu> In-Reply-To: <000e01bef08b$3d606340$d402a8c0@ws2.tse.com>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Jay West wrote:
> Keep in mind that the merced chip was not really designed or created by
> Intel at all.
>=20
> It was created almost completely by HP (by the same group responsible for
> PA-RISC), with Intel as merely the production facilities. For obvious
> marketing, competitive, and resource reasons both HP and Intel share the
> rights to merced.
>=20
Does that mean that Merced is heir of the PA-RISC design just like PowerPC
is the heir of IBM POWER processor family's?
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I use UNIX because reboots are for hardware upgrades.
Kick me! Whip me!! Make me develop on AIX!!!
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