In a message dated 5/25/99 10:45:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET writes:

> > This week Intel Corp. (nasdaq: INTC), the world's leading chipmaker,
>  > announced the rollout of its new superfast 550 MHz Pentium III chip. By
>  the
>  > end of 2000 its chips should hit speeds approaching the 700 MHz level,
>  which
>  > is powerful enough to run the computer-aided design software that an
>  > engineer would use in designing a car.
>
>
>  Which makes me wonder what they are running it on NOW, and why don't I buy
>  that instead?

Note that I don't have much knowledge on the economics of this, I do have an
idea.  I think
it's all related to the availability to the consumer.  Most graphics
(hollywood style) are designed on SGI puters (I read about one running at
1300Mhz) , which run MUCHO dinero!  Intel's CPUs are aimed at the consumer --
so when they have a new chip come out.  BUT, while Intel is shipping out 700
Mhz CPUs, Alpha will be shipping 1000 Mhz chips.


My 1.99999999999999999992 cents,

Tim Hamel