Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 10:11:48 02/28/02
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On February 28, 2002 at 01:56:06, Peter McKenzie wrote: >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. > Marketing!;-) >> >>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? No, I wish Intel would send the chip!;-) > >> >>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! It may be? Time will tell. > >>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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