Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 11:00:38 01/11/02
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On January 10, 2002 at 17:09:24, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >How is that nothing new?? What other processors have SMT, besides that one >super-obscure mainframe processor that isn't being made anymore and that I >forgot the name of? The later Alphas had. I don't think those are 'obscure'. >>>Besides, how do you know it's even possible to make a smarter chip than the P3? >>Even Intel seems to think so given the Itanium. The first benchmarks >>weren't exactly encouraging though. I hope that improves with the next >>generations soon. > >The Itanium doesn't get higher ILP from x86 code. Apples and oranges. It doesn't necessarily have to run x86 code. But it has to be affordable and reasonbly well supported. -- GCP
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