Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 21:13:43 05/12/99
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On May 12, 1999 at 01:24:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On May 11, 1999 at 23:40:55, James B. Shearer wrote:
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>>On May 11, 1999 at 18:28:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:
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>>>It will take him some time to (a) fab the newer DB chip, design the PCI
>>>interface, (b) modify the current DB software part to work with the new PCI
>>>hardware and on a pc platform, (c) do whatever else is needed to provide a
>>>commercial-quality product interface.
>>
>> And who is going to pay for all this? I think it is unlikely that any
>>such product will ever see the light of day.
>> James B. Shearer
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>easy.... _you_ are going to pay... along with everyone else that wants to
>pay 200 bucks (Hsu's estimate last time we talked a couple of years ago)
>to have the absolute strongest thing available.
This is not how it works. You need the money to develop the product
before you receive any money from sales.
>IE I guess I don't quite understand your question. Did you read IEEE Micro?
>Hsu didn't say "I might do this". He said "I have a start-up company that is
>_going_ to market this."
Actually he said something like I am forming an independent startup to
develop this chip. I think he will have difficulty obtaining financing.
>I'd say that is pretty "solid" in terms of likely/unlikely. Is there anyone
>here that _wouldn't_ pay 200 bucks for a machine that can _really_ beat most
>GM players at any time control, ie something actually faster and stronger than
>DB Junior, whic did very well against GM players?
I wouldn't.
James B. Shearer
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