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Re: IA64
- To: owinebar at free-expression dot org
- Subject: Re: IA64
- From: N8TM at aol dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:11:19 EST
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
>it sounds like a hard problem, and like the arch is
> a vast improvement over the IA32 arch
I'm sure they worked hard to make sure it sounded that way. It's a big change, for sure. Some features look borrowed from processors such as MIPS R8000 and of course Alpha, since they had to buy out Alpha to settle patent infringments. The news media have been pretty quiet lately about the work which is surely going on under NDA's. Not even the kind of speculation which you might think would feed off the situation; e.g. will gcc, linux, Monterey be ready for prime time before Windows, or will mass production be held until Windows is ready? It looks clear now that they don't plan for IA64 to displace IA32 soon, except in situations like the SGI parallel machines.
Tim
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