RE: Intel delays Merced

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, if IBM gave Rochester the go-ahead we could see a 128-bit AS/400
before Intel gets their lowly little 64-bit chip on the market !   :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walden Leverich [SMTP:walden@techsoftinc.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 9:47 AM
> To:   Midrange Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject:      Intel delays Merced
> 
> If you have missed it. There is a blurb on the front page and a story
> on page 3 of the WSJ that Intel is delaying Merced for six months.
> They claim it will take them longer that anticipated to test the chip.
> I wonder if 1+1 will = 3 this time <G>
>  
> So, looks like no 64-bit computing for Microsoft until mid-2000.
> (Except, of course, for those AS/400 that they have :-)
>  
> -Walden
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