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- From: jon.taylor@uuserv.cc.utah.edu (JON M. TAYLOR)
- Subject: Re: Idea for the P5!
- Message-ID: <jon.taylor.44.722207553@uuserv.cc.utah.edu>
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- Organization: The University of Utah
- References: <1992Nov18.203321.18612@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1992Nov18.222927.20422@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.135830.17432@crd.ge.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:12:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.135830.17432@crd.ge.com> davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
- >From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- >Subject: Re: Idea for the P5!
- >Date: 19 Nov 92 13:58:30 GMT
- >In article <1992Nov18.222927.20422@nas.nasa.gov>, fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg) writes:
- >
- >| I think the main problem is that its done. The P5 is no longer under development
- >| (though they may still be debugging it). Also, there is no P5 any more, it is
- >| called the Pentium CPU. Sure the name is stupid, but its too late to change
- >| that either. Maybe you should concentrate on the P6?
- >
- > The correct name for the P5 is "Godot."
- >
- > I find it interesting that Intel implied that the reason the P5 is
- >late is because they have all their fab lines tied up with the 486
- >demand, and yet they have just announced the 486DX2-80. If this sells
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >well it will tie up more fab lines.
- >
- ????? I haven't heard of this! Does that mean there will be a DX-
- 40 chip out?
-
- -Jon
-