[CSCI2321] Itanium

[John Howland]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Jason Hemann wrote:

> Dr. Howland:
>
> Last class, you mentioned the Itanium and its woes. Thought you might like a 
> follow up on what's going on now.
>
> http://news.com.com/Intel+scraps+once-crucial+Itanium+feature/2100-1006_3-6028817.html?tag=nefd.lede
>
> according to the article, Intel is dropping the hardware emulation for x86 
> software, and will require software emulation instead.

I think this is a good strategy.  Apple used it twice (move from Motorola
68000 to PowerPC and PowerPC to IA32/64).  There is a performance
penalty, but this penalty encourages developers to convert their
code to the native environment.

>
> see you tomorrow,
>
> Jason Hemann
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