Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Tracy R Reed wrote: >> Dexter Filmore wrote: >>> Intel did that on Itanium. Performed like a dead nun in a closet >>> filled with concrete. >> >> But they didn't just throw out the old cruft, they went with a whole >> new CPU design philosophy. VLIW and other stuff IIRC. > > Yes, and VLIW is what kills it. I still remember the DEC architecture > guys cheering when they found out that Intel chose VLIW. DEC had been > trying for 15 years to make VLIW perform and couldn't; they (rightfully) > believed that Intel couldn't do it either. > > Of course, then you had the hostile giveaway from DEC to Intel that made > it all moot.
OK, I'll bite on that one. I can sorta imaging what it means, but can you elaborate on 'hostile giveaway'? (when you get time..) Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
