Itainium 64

[Jonathan Morton]

>>  >Hello, Will VNC run on Windows Itanium 64 systems running XP 64 OS?
>>
>>I haven't a clue.  Will ordinary x86 programs run on Itanium under
>>XP/64?  If so, then probably.  However, from reports I've heard,
>>ia64's x86 emulation is extremely inefficient.

>I've heard this as well.  Now, AMD's Hammer/Opteron/whatever they're calling
>it this week sounds really tasty.....  Mmm, 32/64 bit hybrid goodness....

The reports I heard were that Intel's infamous "Smoking Brick Of 
Death" was running ia32 code slower than a 486.  Not to mention the 
alleged lack of an optimal compiler for ia64.  Admittedly, the last 
serious reports I heard were at least a year ago.

The AMD solution does look to be a much saner alternative.  IA32 
faster than the current generation, out of the box, and with a clean 
x86-64 implementation bolted neatly around it.  No prizes for 
guessing which'll be cheaper, too.

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