sv@v7fs1.UUCP (Steve Verity) (03/15/90)
In a press release, when asked to respond to possible competetion in the 80386-486 market from Nextgen,(a new startup) Intel replys that, Nexgen may be doing the customers a dis-service, if they "violate the standard." So now Intel is the most holy keeper of *the* standard, are they? Looking after the interests of the customers, making sure that no one does us a dis-service, eh ? Oh pleeeeeeease. And this, mind you from the company that brought you the 80286, a processor that needs a hardware reset to swith from protected to real mode. -- ...........>..........>........>......>...>...>..>..>..>..>.>.>.>>>>>>>>+ . Steve Verity sv@v7fs1 + + Now where did I leave my D50? + . Video-7 / Headland Technology + ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!sv + .. +
ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu ($anjay "lock-on" $ingh - Indy Studies) (03/17/90)
In article <2012@v7fs1.UUCP> sv@v7fs1.UUCP (Steve Verity) writes: > > So now Intel is the most holy keeper of *the* standard, are >they? Looking after the interests of the customers, making sure that >no one does us a dis-service, eh ? Oh pleeeeeeease. > Like it or not, Intel is the standard, and that's the bottom line. I've talked to people at both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices about the lawsuit over the 386. Though the details were very scant, there seems to be a disagreement over the contract that the two made. AMD feels that it has a right to the IC designs of the 386. Intel does not feel that way. Introducing the SX chip was a good move by Intel, though I would call it somewhat underhanded too. It's common knowledge that they were out to undercut their licensees for the 286 by getting everyone to move to 386. AMD still plans to participate in the 386 market. It seems reasonable to expect a performance improvement similar to what happened when Harris licensed the 286. Like IBM, Intel is big. How can you not be arrogant when you can smother anyone at will? -- "No one had the guts... until now..." |-$anjay "lock [+] on" $ingh ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu N.A.R.C. ]I[-| "No his mind is not for rent, to any God or government."-Rush, Moving Pictures !being!mind!self!cogsci!AI!think!nerve!parallel!cybernetix!chaos!fractal!info!
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (03/18/90)
In article <2012@v7fs1.UUCP> sv@v7fs1.UUCP (Steve Verity) writes: | So now Intel is the most holy keeper of *the* standard, are | they? Looking after the interests of the customers, making sure that | no one does us a dis-service, eh ? Oh pleeeeeeease. I can't think of anyone else who should set the standard for the 386 instruction set. I agree that anything less than 100% compatible would be a long term loss for the buyer, and would lead to software in several versions, with little gain infunctionality and the extra cost passed on to the buyer. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc "Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon