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hi, |
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Jonathan Smith wrote: |
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> > which was |
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> > intel's horrid first attempt at a 64-bit successor to x86. |
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Well, sorry, but what you call a "horrid" first attempt is the joined |
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effort of PARISC developers at HP and X86 developers at Intel, both with |
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a heritage of over 20 years in CPU design. |
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I think, the idea was to bring the concept of EPIC back to life and use |
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it as an advantage in an emerging competitive market of 64 Bit |
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architectures for the masses. |
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But as i consider, it was ahead of it's time. |
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The people are buying cheap and fast CISC. |
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Instead of investing in expensive and scalable EPIC. |
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Nevermind. |
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good reading on the topic: |
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Hennessy, Patterson ISBN 1-55860-724-2 |
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Mosberger, Eranian ISBN 0-13-061014-3 |
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Alex |
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