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Beating a dead horse:

http://tinyurl.com/5w8kr

Google cached version of a Microprocessor Report article, the original joint HP/Intel IA64 announcement from 1994.

"Intel, HP ally on new processor architecture. (next-generation P86, or PA-RISC plus x86, to replace current CPUs)

Microprocessor Report; June 20, 1994; Gwennap, Linley

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Gwennap, Linley

Microprocessor Report

June 20, 1994

Setting the stage for new architecture battles at the end of the
decade, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have announced a partnership to
develop a next-generation CPU architecture that will eventually replace the current x86 and PA-RISC architectures. The companies stress that processors implementing the new design will be fully compatible with current software. These processors are not expected to ship before 1998, although neither company is willing to discuss product details at this time.

With this announcement, Intel for the first time has admitted that the x86 architecture will run out of steam around the end of the decade. At the same time, the company revealed its plan to solve this problem by switching to a new post-RISC architecture that could deliver performance"

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