"HP upgrade path bypasses Merced chip" Follow this link to the story: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,84-40667,00.html?tt.yfin..txt.ni The last paragraph has a mention of the HP 3000 in their IA-64 plans. Rick Gilligan Senior Software Specialist Computer And Software Enterprises, Inc. E-mail: [log in to unmask]