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Re: Intel-HP chip status (update)
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Greg Cagle <[log in to unmask]>
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Greg Cagle <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 May 1996 10:00:53 -0700
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Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>
> Gentle Listers,
>
> It seems, upon further investigation, that the article in CRN was incorrect.
>  The Merced chip does not seem to involve HP at all, as far as I know (which
> may not be very far indeed).  So the article's mention of "HP (will be)
> designing a derivative chip. . . optimized for future versions of HP-UX" may
> be a faulty representation of the HP-Intel alliance.
>
> And so it goes. . .
 
What I have heard and can tell you is that Merced is a single chip that will
run three instruction sets; x86, PA-RISC, and its own.
 
- Greg
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