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

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:10:12 02/27/02

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On February 27, 2002 at 18:47:51, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On February 27, 2002 at 18:02:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>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..
>
>Intel has alpha

They bought the technology, but it reminds me of something from "Who Framed
Roger Rabbit?"

"I bought the Red Car so I could *dismantle* it."



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