Intel Itanium

[Jerry McBride]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:57:15 -0400 Marvin Dickens <mpdickens at tlanta.com> wrote:

> For Intel, Itanium's failure would be a painful black eye, a
> setback in its heavily financed assault on the corporate
> computing world beyond the personal computer. 
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/technology/circuits/29CHIP.html?ex=1034318935&ei=1&en=1c38e33c1780ab04
> 

The best part was the last bit...


  "The common view is, `If it doesn't save us money we have no interest in it,'
  " Mr. Shulman said. "It's a very hard-nosed view." 


And what in sam-hill was on their minds to codename their 64bit alternative
project YAMHILL?



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