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Re: Idea for the P5!

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From: JON M. TAYLOR
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:12
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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
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