RE: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Intel? - NOT

[Zuidam, Hans]

Hi,

The IA64 (merced) is a kind of VLIW (Very Large Instruction Word)
processor.  It is basically a complete new kind of systems architecture
with a i686 (and of course a i586, ..., 4004) slapped on the side.  The
original processor design was done by HP.  See:

        The IA-64 Architecture at Work,
        IEEE Computer Vol. 31, No. 7, July 1998

for a more informed description ;-) of the processor.

                                Hans
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