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Subject: Re: When will 64-bit computers be the norm?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:02:41 02/27/02

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On February 27, 2002 at 17:27:02, Dan Andersson wrote:

>Transmeta springs to mind. And for non-x86 PPC and MISC processors already
>exist. They are at a speed disadvantage, though.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson


I assume you mean MIPS?  And don't forget HP has a 64 bit processor, as does
Sun (although theirs is pretty bad in terms of performance).  And there is the
alpha although at the moment it appears to be DOA since being bought by
HP.  Every major chip vendor has a 64 bit chip however..



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