Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:28:17 05/16/02
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On May 16, 2002 at 06:22:48, leonid wrote: >On May 15, 2002 at 18:50:39, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On May 15, 2002 at 18:39:54, leonid wrote: >> >>>On May 15, 2002 at 17:41:07, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>On May 11, 2002 at 11:57:34, leonid wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>> >>>>>Recently I read a lot of discussion about new coming AMD's 64 bits chip. But >>>>>what is the situation with last Intel's 64 bits chip? Where he is now? Do >>>>>somebody really use this chip? >>>>> >>>>>Cheers, >>>>>Leonid. >>>> >>>> >>>>There bloody expencive! >>>> >>>>Here's a link to IBM. >>>> >>>>http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=2072508&smrfnbr=2072488&cntrfnbr=107824&cgmenbr=24188&cntry=840&lang=en_US&scrfnbr=126 >>>> >>>> >>>>You may have to copy and paste this link!;) >>> >>>Thanks for link! >>> >>>To my surprise Intel 64 bits chip is real and can be bought in few computers. It >>>is true that price look like too high for me (15000 - 16000$), when its Mhz is >>>too low. Still only 800 Mhz. Will be nice to see some miracle from Intel in >>>order to push price down and Mhz up. >>> >>>Leonid. >> >>This is first generation IA64 from intel at 800Mhz. >> >>It is a very primitive CPU IMHO compared to their new chip, also >>this 800Mhz thing is very cheap compared to the new 1.2Ghz chip, >>considering the market they target at. > >You want to say that last chip is even more expensive? So, no hope to have it! > >Still it could be that in the next few years Intel will find its way to produce >some accessible chip. I do remember that first and slow Pentium was also >expensive. > >Leonid. please do not compare mass market P5 cpu which was made to produce as many as possible from them for a cheap price having a decent performance, with a supercomputer chip where nothing gets sacraficed in order to get a better performance. it's like a small car versus a formula 1 car. Also new generation formula 1 cars will be out of my budget, i'm pretty sure of that. Apart from that, how to drive with it on the normal road? > >>>>Terry
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