On 6 Jun 2005, at 16:28, Neil Hughes wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:14:12 +0100, Mark Benson wrote:
Personally if they do go I'd suspect they'll use IA64 chips or
XScale.
XScale I'd give thumbs up to cause I have always been a fan of ARM
since
I used an Acorn back in the late 80s - they have a lot of
pitential power
as both a small scale CPU and a full-size one. However if they
turn to
use of x86 derivative CPUs I would put some consideration into the
fasability of abandoning the platform. I don't see there being a
bright
future in Intels IA64 chips, or indeed in AMDs '64's.
The IA64 is the Itanium, isn't it? As opposed to the Intel EM64T,
which
is the Pentium 4 with 64-bits bolted on that's competing with the
AMD stuff?
My bad, I think I meant x64 which is the generic name for the Intel
and AMD variations of the platform. EM64T is, yes, Intels version for
Pentium and Xeon CPUs. I also believe Itanium is on the way out (as I
said IA64 does not have a bright future). Apple won't be using it
hower so it matters little to Apple people. :)
* - plus, for all those who struggled with drivers in the early
days of
OSX, take heart in the fact that early x64 Edition adopters are having
the same problem.
We had that problem when XP first launched for 32-bit machines, and
Windows 2000, and Windows 98, and Windows 95, and for the book I bet
Me (I dunno I skipped Me with good reason).
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