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Date:      Thu, 08 Jul 1999 13:14:47 -0400
From:      W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Yann Ramin <atrus@matadore.montereyhigh.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net
Subject:   Re: IA64 
Message-ID:  <199907081714.NAA03921@bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:02:52 CDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96.990707213420.27433B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> 

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> >It is also far from obvious that IA64 will fly.
> 
> Intel hasn't had a high-end processor that flopped in 17 years.

Yikes!  The iAPX432 was seventeen years ago?  :-)

It remains to be seen whether the Merced will be accepted in the
marketplace, even if Intel gets it out the door on time.

I'm betting against them this time.

--
Jerry Hicks
wghicks@bellsouth.net


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