Re: AS/400 on Intel??

[email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)]

Can we say 5364?  I knew you could <g>  Crippled by design.

Richard Rosenbluth wrote:
> 
> >
> >         InformationWeek Daily 10/5/99
> >         Tue, 5 Oct 1999 01:05:15 -0600
> >         InformationWeek <news@daily.informationweek.com>
> >
> >
> > - Intel: Itanium It Is, And IBM's On Board
> >
> > Intel officials said yesterday they've raised with IBM the possibility of
> > replacing the chip used to power the company's popular AS/400 server
> > line with Intel's forthcoming Itanium processor, which until now has been
> > known by its code-name, Merced. While Intel said that IBM hasn't
> > committed to using Itanium in the AS/400, it has agreed to transition its
> > Pentium-based servers onto the processor beginning next year, when the
> > chip ships. "They're interested, but they haven't made a commitment" on
> > the AS/400, says Ron Curry, director of marketing for Intel's IA-64
> > product group, adding that, "For the Netfinity line, they have."
> >
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