Top Microprocessor Analyst on IA-64:

IA-64 to Dominate High End

All RISCs combined can’t match backing that IA-64 has today

• Dual-platform strategy is unlikely to persist once McKinley . debuts in 2001

• RISCs may linger in market for years
  • SPARC and PowerPC . may have enough . volume to survive
  • Alpha must demonstrate . superior performance . for continued funding

- Linley Gwennap VP,

MicroDesign Resources,

November 12, 1998

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