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In article <C0H0LG.Atz@eis.calstate.edu> cwilder@eis.calstate.edu (Charlotte Wilder) writes:

>   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.

It remains to be seen what Cyrix' next chip does.  The 486SLC and DLC
will probably eat up AMD for the low end systems.  If the rumors of a
Cyrix 586 come true, then Intel will need a "hexium" to beat it.

On the other hand, take a look at DEC, the Alpha, and Windows NT.
It's just possible that NT will make it possible for the industry to
choose a new binary standard, which might be MIPS, or maybe Alpha; but
this might make Intel look at a different set of competitors than C&T,
AMD, and Cyrix.
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Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...