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Subject: Re: New processorgenaration and chessprograms

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 21:36:27 02/06/99

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>I agree that after those years Alpha will be better suited for
>handling of those huge resources than x86. But I still beleive
>that Intel will resolve its problems with IA-64, as it resolved
>problems with CISC that many beleived will forever harm x86. Or
>that something else will happen. Five years is a very long term
>when you are talking about computers.
>
>Eugene

I don't think they'll ever be on the cutting edge, there will
always be something significantly faster.  But they will always
be cheap and affordable and within a factor of 2 of the
highest performers in my opinion.  That's the market they
dominate and I don't see this changing anytime soon.

- Don



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