CNET News.com: Intel's Merced chip design completed Jul 14, 1999, 19 :09 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5263 reads) (Other stories by Stephen Shankland, M)
"The Merced chip design has been completed... samples of the new 64-bit processor this quarter.
...high volumes by mid-2000.
...will compete more directly with
chips such as the UltraSparc from Sun Microsystems and the Alpha from
Compaq Computer."
"Many expect Intel's 64-bit chips to take off not with Merced, but with McKinley, its successor due in late
2000. Merced will likely come out at 800 MHz... McKinley, however, will start at 1GHz
(1,000 MHz) and offer twice the overall performance..."
"One competitor to Merced is UltraSparc III, code-named Cheetah, from Sun, though Sun will continue to sell
software for Intel-based servers as well."
