RE: Intel delays Merced -- MIDRANGE-L

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At 10:57 PM 6/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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 !   :-)

Neil,

Maybe so.  However the world has been so underwhelmed by 64 bit processing,
I can't see it getting excited about 96 or 128.

What Rochester failed to do with the 64 bit AS/400 is to deliver any
splashy applications that clearly could not be duplicated on any other
processor. 

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting, LLC.

(914) 251-9400
(914) 251-9406 (fax)

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