[geeks] more itanium floppyness...

[dave at cca.org]

pwargo at basenji.com writes:

>Subject: FW: John Dvorak- "Itanium will turn out to be a flop"
>Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:08:34 -0800 
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>Itanium Conundrum Dept.
>March 5, 2002
>By John C. Dvorak <http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,3055,a=123,00.asp> 

>Itanium Conundrum Dept.: Intel has to be concerned that its Itanium 
>chip, long touted as the greatest thing since sliced bread, will turn out 
>to be a flop, not unlike the once-idealized 432-MHz chip. The Itanium, 

That's the "i432" - it's a model number, not a clock speed.

Financially speaking, could intel survive the total failure of merced?
(Just curious, I have no idea what numbers are involved there.)

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