A Brief History of Chip Hype and Flops
On CNet.com, Brooke Crowthers has a review of some flops in the chip-making world — from IBM, Intel, and AMD — and the hype that surrounded them, which is arguably as interesting as the chips’ failures. “First, I have to revisit Intel’s Itanium. Simply because it’s still around and still missing production target dates. The hype: ‘This design philosophy will one day replace RISC and CISC. It is a gateway into the 64-bit future.’ … The reality: Yes, Itanium is still warm, still breathing in the rarefied very-high-end server market — where it does have a limited role. But… it certainly hasn’t remade the computer industry.”
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