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Itanium Problems

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fever-dreams dept.

webdev writes "An article in today's NYTimes (free but...) highlights some industry concerns over Itanium. The author suggests the normal "what's bad for Intel is bad for the computer industry". Anyone know the power consumption for IBM's 64 bit effort GPUL?"

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  1. Intel ought to concede by Inthewire · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I mean, they put out good stuff, but they are clearly outmached in the 64-bit arena. Maybe the reason they took so long to move beyond 32-bits had less to do with preserving compatibility than it did with an inability to design a new chip.

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    Writers imply. Readers infer.
  2. GCC is mediocre by cscx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who says that open-source software has to be compiled by GCC. It doesn't. If you don't shell out, you're SOL. Sorry, maybe you shouldn't be using it.

    Intel's compilers come with a 30-day trial IIRC.

    On the other hand, why should GCC even expect anything in return from Intel. You can't expect everything for free in this world, no matter how much RMS may think this to be the case.

    If you do real work, you need to pay the $$$ for a real compiler.

    If you don't have the money for icc, you probably don't need it.