Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 20:10, John Richard Smith wrote:
Intel Unveils low-cost Itanium 2 , 64 bit microprocessor ==========================================
Is linux/Mandrake into 64 bit architecture , do you know ? , and if so which chips are currently best supported ?
John
I really don't understand all of this crap. I like the KISS principle; KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID
Why bother with 64 bits of anything if a good, hearty 8 will do?
It's all marketing. All this "64bit" stuff and all. Too much bother. Sounds like something JoeHill would dream up;
"Hey! I smoked something like really honkers and I figured out how to play solitare with 512k encryption running on a rendering farm of 1024 Itanium based PC's with 1gb of RAM per each CPU - it's like, really cool man...Freecell flies..."
Bah, humbug. I'd even settle for 4-bit...
stephen kuhn - owner
I take it then your very fond of 64 bit architecture. But is Linux into it ?
John
Yes. Most "big ass" systems are 64 bit. That way they can get a larger memory space (an other benefits) for specialized apps with "needs".
I don't think you'll be seeing too many 64bit DNS servers but you will/do see them in the scientific community. They're also popular in the DB world.
-- David Filion
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