Replies to post #24724 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[chipguy]

Intel ready to hire additional Itanium engineers

Significant number over next few years

Hmmm where did I hear that before? Oh yeah, right here.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9433348

"Now NGA is in the pipeline and
Tukwila seems to be staffing back up to full strength and
Montecito is in the field."

I follow the web rumour sites I get my inside information
from so closely they sometimes trail me by a week. :-P

[imho]

Intel ready to hire additional Itanium engineers

While I do not have any insight into the nature of the Itanium design team, I can't help but guess that the best(and vastly un-emphasized) event was the placement of the entire Itanium project under one roof (Intel). I can envision how having two cooks (HP and Intel) in the kitchen was a formula for disaster. Going forward, I think the product will improve significantly just by the fact that it will at least be more focused with clear goals inline with the rest of Intel products.

IMHO