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ACO in aussie newspaper
Message #1 Posted by J.Manrique on 27 Nov 2001, 3:10 a.m.

I suppose you have read, but take a sight: http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/11/27/FFX7I564HUC.html

Where is Ian to tell us a new "true" ?

Cheers, J.Manrique CdU de la ETSIG http://pagina.de/clubusu

      
Frightful...
Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 27 Nov 2001, 10:03 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by J.Manrique

No comments...

            
Welcome to my life ;-)
Message #3 Posted by Dave Hicks on 27 Nov 2001, 6:45 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil)

I can think of some coworkers at Intel who have been there a decade and never seen a project get out the door. In fact, in one meeting I was declared the odd-ball because I could claim a half a dozen shipped products in 15 years. ;-)

One project went on for 8 years (and $300,000,000) before being closed down. This stuff happens in high-tech all the time.

                  
Re: Welcome to my life ;-)
Message #4 Posted by Bill Wiese on 28 Nov 2001, 3:38 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Dave Hicks

Hmmm, Dave, was that the iAPX432 multichip Ada processor? ;-)

Intel does have the luxury of funding all sorts of gambles, experiments, etc. since they can sell a given 1mm silicon, on average, for 2.5X-4X what other semiconductor mfgrs can (i.e, Motorola, Philips, TI, etc.)

-Bill Wiese -San Mateo, CA

                        
No that actually shipped
Message #5 Posted by Dave Hicks on 28 Nov 2001, 9:08 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Bill Wiese

They must have sold 500 of them at least! ;-) But that was a pretty good money looser too.

I was thinking of BiiN. A closely related later joint-project between Intel and Siemens.

      
Re: ACO in aussie newspaper
Message #6 Posted by Michael Tjebben on 28 Nov 2001, 8:49 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by J.Manrique

Darn! I'd buy one! The ACO guys were doing some COOL things!


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