Gavin, All

Are you aware of a recent statement from HP about IA-64 and other
plans for the HP e3000?     I looked on the jazz server and didn't
find anything recent.

- Cortlandt

"Gavin Scott" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Paul writes:
> > While HP re-iterated their commitment to MPE/iX and taking it into
the
> > IA-64 arena, it seemed, to me at least, that they allowed an 'out'
path by
> > indicating that there would be 3-4 more PA-RISC chips that would
be
> > concurrently available/released to the IA-64 that will also
> > support MPE/iX.
>
> Well, this is pretty much exactly the same thing that the HP-UX
people seem
> to be saying these days :-)
>
> This particular statement reflects more on IA-64 than MPE.
>
> HP has always stated that they intend to keep making new generations
of
> PA-RISC chips until they are no longer needed.  I think most of us
assumed
> that they would never get to the last implementations of PA-RISC on
their
> roadmap if IA-64 was successful, but now that IA-64 is a couple
years late
> it's a good thing that HP wasn't betting the farm entirely on IA-64.
>
> The statements today seem to be that HP is still committed to IA-64
and is
> sure that it will replace PA-RISC, but it's going to take a few more
years
> before it happens.
>
> This is all very *good* news for MPE, since it means that MPE has a
longer
> period of time before the IA-64 version will be absolutely required,
which
> takes a bit of the pressure off of CSY I would think.
>
> G.
>