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Merced vs McKinley

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the delayed-vs-mythical dept.

Single GNU Theory writes "HP suggests that people skip Merced in favor of McKinley. I think the reason is that HP has a bigger influence on McKinley's design than Merced's, not because the release date for Merced has been delayed past the expected release of McKinley... "

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  1. Re:64 bit chip? by Gleef · · Score: 2

    A lot of shaves and haircuts.

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  2. Re:WTF!!! by Sun+Tzu · · Score: 2

    Hmmm... I'm not sure where you disagreed with me but your second paragraph is pretty close to the point I was trying to make. Sorry if my post was that unclear. ;)

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  3. WTF!!! by stealthbob · · Score: 2

    There asking people to skip something thats not out now so they can wait for something thats not out now. Morons.

    1. Re:WTF!!! by Sun+Tzu · · Score: 2

      Hmmm... but is pushing customers into HP-PA systems advantageous over being the first on the block with *Merced* systems running your native Unix? I think not. If HP intends to move to IA-64 anyway, being the market leader would seem to give them a significant advantage. In addition, they will get the benefit of Intel's massive mindshare and marketing machine.

      No, I think they have very real performance concerns in recommending customers skip Merced. It's not something they should consider lightly.

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  4. Why can't Intel make new desgins? by Hobbex · · Score: 2


    Does anyone know why Intel decided to get the IA-64 design from HP in first place? I mean, Intel are the biggest chip company in the world right, so wtf can't they make a 64 bit processor on their own when DEC, SUN, HP and company can?

    Same thing with the Pentium/K7 situation, Intel have been adding a little cache here, and a few instructions there, and but it takes smaller AMD to come up with the first really new i386 processor in 5 years. What gives?