[Info-vax] How about RdB for x86 VMS?

[Keith Parris]

On 9/9/2014 5:04 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> Nope. HP wants to sell Poulsons as long as it remains somewhat
> marketable.  Only once Poulson sales have dried up will they start
> selling systems with the Kittson chips in them.

HP didn't wait for i2 Server sales to dry up before introducing i4 
Servers with Poulson chips.

> It is also very likely that both were FABbed at same time, with better
> quality ones labeled "Kittson" and capable of higher clock rate and the
> rest labeled "Poulson".

Intel's Roadmap at 
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/roadmaps/public-roadmap-article.pdf 
doesn't support your hypothesis of Kittson merely being a speed-binning 
of Poulson.