Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:00:55 03/17/03
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On March 17, 2003 at 17:27:25, leonid wrote: >On March 17, 2003 at 16:41:33, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On March 17, 2003 at 16:34:36, leonid wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Where are so long expected 64 bits machines? >> >>Intel stuck the Itanic in the closet. >>AMD still looks like it wants to move forward with Hammers/Opterons > >At least some hope is there! > > >>>Are they already accessible for "average" person? >> >>Not yet. You can buy an Itanium, but the price is an unholy fright. >> >>>What chess program was already written for new 64 bits chip? >> >>Any bitboard program. >> >>>Please, say everything that You know about possible massive arrival of 64 bits >>>chip. >> >>A few months away yet. Probably one year before they are cheap. > >Not too long to wait, after all. > > >>Of course, you can get a DS10L for a song here: >>http://www.hpaq.net/ >> >>We just got one for a trade show a couple weeks ago. Tragically, DEC/Compaq/HP >>architecture is dead, dead, dead, dying, dead. > >Can You recaputulate why this architecture never became enough prominent, or is >"clinically dead" right now? You can buy new systems from HP. http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/ However, it has been formally announced that development of new Alpha chips is dead. There is a migration path to Intel Itanium announced. OpenVMS has been alpha tested on Itanium. In the words of Judge Doom from "Who Framed Roger Rabit": "I bought the 'Red Car' so I could _dismantle_ it."
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