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Itanium Update
NegaMaxAlphaBeta writes: "For those of you interested in Intel's Itanium 64 bit processor, EETimes has a nice update article to let us know what's happening with this beast. With an 8 stage pipeline, as opposed to the 20 stage pipeline in the P4, clock frequencies are obviously not as high (~1 GHz). Other notable numbers extracted from the article: 130 Watts power consumption, 328 registers, 6 MB of onchip L3 cache ... quite nice (well, not the power thing). I'm sure many people can appreciate 64 bit integer ops; for me, it means single instruction xor for the 64 bit hash codes used in chess transposition tables."
The way I understand it, Intel bought Alpha not to praise it, but to bury it.
for me, it means single instruction xor for the 64 bit hash codes used in chess transposition tables
Watch where you say that, or you'll be using that nifty Itanium to repel the hordes of women instinctively flocking to you like the salmon of Capistrano.
Well its clear that Intel is not building this
cpu for you !, if you dont have the cash for the
kilowatts, you dont dont have the cash for the
chip !. just because YOU and your mother dont
have the Peso's dont dog a chip you never tried !.
And Intel will, of course, be working upstream against its own past marketing push which is largely responsible for the MHz Myth. Nice.
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Am I the only one who thinks Microsoft is a misnomer? Perhaps Macrosoft would be a better fit?
Could it be that Intel(tm) is learning that it's not how long your pipe is but how you use it?
To: bs@resaerch.att.com
C++ is just WRONG. The proper way to do it is ++C. The other way is both less effecient, and it makes it seem as if you need the original value of C for some special processing, while in fact you don't.
Mattel offered "barbie" and "hot wheels" computers earlier this year ... maybe intel could go in with Mattel and offer an Easy Bake Itanium computer.
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With an 8 stage pipeline, as opposed to the 20 stage pipeline in the P4, clock frequencies are obviously not as high (~1 GHz).
...6mb of on die cache...
This beast has a small wang... its not the size that counts, but how you use it. (no giggling from the girls damn't)
130 Watts power consumption...
Who needs space heaters anyway?
OY! Hold your wallet tight, not for the light bank accounted!
I'm sure many people can appreciate 64 bit integer ops; for me, it means single instruction xor for the 64 bit hash codes used in chess transposition tables.
Not quite what the intel boys will be using in their next commercial. However, the wizards in marketing will be stressing the enhanced features of porn browsing. The fourth blue intel commando will be a scantily clad woman... further emphasizing the need for this processor which will not just make the internet faster, but will speed on your favorite pron sights.
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Kind of like the P4 case with the special bolts to hold up the cpu, the Itanium is going to require a special case with a lightning rod to provide the 130 jigawatts.