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Subject: Re: Wait for the PentiumIV

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 19:30:10 09/23/00

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On September 23, 2000 at 20:50:21, leonid wrote:

>On September 23, 2000 at 11:35:13, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On September 23, 2000 at 09:23:28, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>On September 23, 2000 at 05:36:28, David Blackman wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 22, 2000 at 21:30:42, leonid wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Please, if you know, say for what month 64 bits AMD can be expected.
>>>>
>>>>Next year. Most likely second half.
>>>>
>>>>>If you know
>>>>>some fresh news about Intel's 64, say as well. The last time that I read
>>>>>something about Intel's 64 bits ship, it was expected for somewhere near
>>>>>October, November.
>>>>
>>>>The Intel 64 bit chips are looking very dubious at the moment. Some sort of
>>>>release of 64 bit chips will probably happen this year, but they will be scarce,
>>>>expensive and for most programs, slow. Expect things to get better in the second
>>>>half of 2001, or maybe even early 2002. At the moment the AMD 64 bitters are
>>>>looking better, but with a year or so still to wait for proper volume
>>>>production, this could change.
>>>>
>>>>If you are interested in this kind of stuff, there are several good websites to
>>>>watch, that get all the news and rumours. One example is www.aceshardware.com
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>I see the next 64 bits chess programming as very important and the most
>>>interesting event in the next few years. Disgracefuly in never come! I hope that
>>>AMD will push 64 CPU arrival for all of us. Now I see that there are no more
>>>reason for me to wait for 64 bits any more. Will buy my next computer for Linux
>>>without any more waiting. It is likely that 64 bits chip will have more readily
>>>available Linux system that Windows one.
>>>
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>I have 2 Itanium boxes in my office. Both are running 64-bit Windows.
>>
>>Eugene
>
>Interesting! When the last time (around two month ago) I went to see how ready
>is 64 bits Intel, I found that only Linux version for 64 bits is pretty done.
>Windows was indicated as missing from the picture. Maybe I did some mistake. It
>is all the time possible. For how long you found your 64 bits Windows, or
>running it on your computer?
>
>Leonid.

From the day one I got first Itanium -- sometime on December, IIRC.

Eugene



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