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What Did Otellini Say?

So, I know that the Inquirere characterized what Paul Otellini said as meaning that there would be x86-64 Pentiums.......


http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13871
THE PRESIDENT of Intel gave his clearest ever statement saying that his chip firm would adopt 32-bit chips with 64-bit extensions during a conference call last night.


Actually, while that's the Inquirer's interpretation of it, that's not what he said. What he said was.......


http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040128/tech_intel_64bit_1.html
"You can be fairly confident that when there is software from an application and operating system standpoint that we'll be there," Otellini said, responding to a question about 64-bit technology, in an interview with a Wall Street analyst that was broadcast over the Web.


He said "we'll be there", he never said "we'll be there with extended 32 bit Pentiums". Suppose what he meant, was, that by then Itanium will be cheap enough to manufacture for the Desktop Market. That would also make his statement true, wouldn't it?

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