“The plan is to transition to the Intel processor by the end of this calendar year from today's IBM G5 2.3 GHz processor PowerPC processor. It's the best way to improve performance.”
Alex Grossman
“We see a healthy industry in the year ahead, ... Major demand drivers, including processor transitions and component cost reductions, remain solid, and consolidation is separating top companies such as Dell from the rest of the field.”
Michael Dell
“As we come to the end of the calendar year, industry conditions remain healthy, ... Processor and operating system transitions and component cost declines continue to position our industry for strong customer demand.”
“[Intel is keeping mum on its plans to introduce a 64-bit desktop version of its Itanium processor, but don't look for the industry leader to take AMD's affront lying down.] I don't think [Intel's] in a hurry, ... They'll wait and see how AMD does, but they have their own road map in mind and they're sticking to it.”
Shane Rau
“Even though the original IBM 801 processor was never used in a production system, it did become the basis for IBM's later Power and PowerPC RISC processors.”
Linley Gwennap
“By the early part of next year, with everything else being equal, Intel should be ahead in the dual-processor side. Intel has bigger (fabrication plants where the chips are made), better margins and a better balance sheet. David beat Goliath, but that was a couple thousand years ago. That happens only once. In the real world, that doesn't happen. A one-year lead is not good enough.”
David Wu
“Although we plan to upgrade soon to a more powerful processor, we try to make as few changes as possible.”
Robert Miggins
