Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 22:56:06 02/27/02
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On February 28, 2002 at 00:00:11, Terry McCracken wrote: >On February 27, 2002 at 21:44:03, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>Thanks for that interesting link Dann, I plan to have a good read when I get >>home. >> >>I had a look at the IA-64 architecture a while back, and I was pretty >>disappointed. It looks overly complex to me, I'm prepared to predict that its >>going to be a massive failure. If this thing is the future of computing we are >>in for a sad time! >> >>I bet the folks at AMD are loving this. Intel bets its future on a chip based >>around technology that has largely been tried and found to be not very wonderful >>(VLIW/EPIC, Register Windows or whatever Intel marketing calls it). >> >>cheers, >>Peter > >Are they? AI-64 will beat AMD in the networking market. Why is this? I remain unconvinced. > >This processor is still evolving, and has departed from the obsolete x86 series >of chips. The processor is still evolving sure, but the basic architecture is set. Have you actually had a look at the thing? > >Intel and HP worked on this for a decade and still are. HP is a highly Does that guarantee success?? It could just make it one of the biggest mistakes in the history of computing! >innovative company, building the first 32bit microprocessor back in 1981. > >It had 450,000 transisters and took them 18 months to develope. Not bad for 81! > >They have been ahead of their time, in electronics, although this may be >changing. > >Terry
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