🚀 go-pugleaf

hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz) writes:
> In article <1993Jan6.235812.18764@netcom.com>, feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
> |> I heard a rumor today that Intel is seriously thinking about
> |> scrapping the Pentium for another chip architecture (the 960mx?). Can
> |> anyone confirm/deny/amplify this rumor?
>
> I heard a very faint rumor that the p5 would not be released and they would
> go on to the p6 instead. It makes sense. They are still making a good profit
> on the 486 series, the high end CPU's haven't been cloned yet, they've won
> a court case that makes cloning harder. Why should they release the p5?
> They're making money hand over foot and the competetion can't keep up.

I can amplify the rumor :).  My understanding is that the "pentium" and
the "hexium" were being developed in parallel and that the "hexium" was
due out sometime during the later part of 1993.  Therefore, if Intel
truely decided to axe the "pentium" and waited another 6 months for
the "hexium," it probably wouldn't be a huge deal to Intel.  In fact
I would support this move, since the "hexium" will just cause the
"pentium" to become obsolete that much faster.