On September 5, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> >I'm referring to the Itanium; not sure if Intel got that from DEC or not.
>
> They most certainly did not! Itanium is the marketing name for what was
> called Merced for many years. It's been in development since something
> like the early 90's.
>
> What Intel got from DEC was a FAB, and in some manner the StrongARM
> processor (I never have understood this one).
And the Tulip chips, and the PCI bridges, and all the other cool DEC
chips that we've been using for years...
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Wed Sep 05 2001 - 11:58:12 BST