Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 23:31:05 02/28/02
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On March 01, 2002 at 00:18:02, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 28, 2002 at 21:27:42, leonid wrote: > >>On February 27, 2002 at 21:44:03, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>Thanks for that interesting link Dann, I plan to have a good read when I get >>>home. >>> >>>I had a look at the IA-64 architecture a while back, and I was pretty >>>disappointed. It looks overly complex to me, I'm prepared to predict that its >>>going to be a massive failure. If this thing is the future of computing we are >>>in for a sad time! >> >>Can somebody more elaborate why IA-64 architecture is not very promissing? What >>in it look like more complex compared with some other architectures? > >The first stab at it by Intel was horrible (outperformed by their 32 bit chips >-- OOPS!). Their next generation is a lot better. Since they have bought the >rights to the technology from the Alpha chips, I assume some of the good >features will eventually fold their way into the IA64 core. > >It's not horrible. It's just not all that great. And it's getting better. So >nothing to worry about. Dann, you seem to be talking about the implementation of the chip. I am talking about the basic architecture, the stuff that doesn't really change, the whole design philosophy behind the thing.
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