RE: Intel delays Merced

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a 'Letters to the Editor' writing campaign to PC Magazine is
called for here !!   :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Pence [SMTP:rp@rogerpence.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 3:20 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Intel delays Merced
> 
> >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--
> 
> It wasn't a 64-bit application, but it was a 64-bit technology and IBM
> _has_
> delivered it: single level store. This allows not only the ability to
> effectively manage physical storage and memory space, but also
> provides the
> mechanism with which to support persistant objects.
> 
> There is an article in the current issue of PC magazine (the one with
> 2000
> on the cover) that elaborates on the benefits of 64-bit technology and
> even
> throws a bone to those processors that deliver it today. However, was
> the
> AS/400 mentioned? Noooo. Single level storage was described as though
> it
> were nirvana and maybe, maybe someday it will be here. Sigh.
> 
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