Linux and IPF

By: blah (blah.delete@this.blah.com), August 31, 2006 11:57 am
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Rob Thorpe (rthorpe@realworldtech.com) on 8/31/06 wrote:
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>Linus Torvalds (torvalds@osdl.org) on 8/30/06 wrote:
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>>Paul DeMone (pdemone@igs.net) on 8/30/06 wrote:
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>Another aspect may be simple resource constraints on chipset designers. If you
>have X good chipset guys (X would need to be quite a lot to make a chipset) and
>you're targetting both POWER and IPF you water things down. This is risky if you
>believe POWER will be in a poorer position in the future because of mass market competition.
>

I am sure that is the reality of the situation. IBM already has x86 and Power chipsets. Sometimes having a more focused and narrow product line is important to get things done quick.

Spreading yourself too thin can ultimately hurt long term as nothing gets the full attention it deserves. It isnt really an issue with resources but an issue with the right resources. Obviously IBM is not going to cut Power chipsets.
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