Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

Do I have to point out the obvious yet again? Gwennap
was not an Intel employee nor spoke for Intel. He was
a writer/analyst for Microprocessor Report. Was MPR
then or at any time affiliated in any way with Intel? Again
the answer is no.

The article was a mixture of disclosed news about the
Intel/HP alliance and a lot of speculation by Gwennap.
Since there was not the slightest suggestion of IA64
replacing x86 in any Intel press release or any other
official corporate communication in 1994 or since it
is obviously a piece of unsubstantiated speculation by
Gwennap. In fact, it was later picked up by EE Times
and other trade press and is probably the source of a
lot of the mythology that persists to the present day.