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Article #1288Re: Idea for the P5!
From: william E Davidsen
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:58
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:58
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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 predict that the P5 will ship in volume as soon as AMD starts
shipping their 486, just as the 486 suddenly because more available when
other 386 chips were shipping.
--
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
"We will ship no chip before its time..."
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