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Intel's Itanium Will Get x86 Emulation

Posted by timothy on from the for-all-the-backwards-x86-users dept.

pissoncutler writes "Intel has announced that they will be releasing a software emulation product to allow 32-bit x86 apps to run on Itanium Processors. According to these stories (story 1, story 2), the emulator is capable of the x86 performance of a 1.5Ghz Xeon (when run on a similar speed Itanium.) Who said that no one cared about x86 anymore?"

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  1. Netcraft proves it. . . by Limburgher · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    IBM and Apple are dying!!!

    Or something. . .

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    You are not the customer.

  2. Ho ho ho by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    For those of us wanting to get away from Windows, ... Apple a more viable alternative

    I dont want to run windows because it isnt Free!

    I want to run Apple because it costs twice as much!

    Noone wants a fucking macintosh. OK? Macs were designed for the openly gay and the stupid.

    If you cant figure out windows or linux, or if you have a man-sausage in your ass, then a Mac is for you.

    The rest of the world doesnt give a shit about Apples proprietary "gamecube with a keyboard" slack-ass attempts at computers.

  3. Re:Enough already! by 0x0d0a · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because Macs are slow and expensive compared to x86 hardware, but Mac users want their OS.

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    May we never see th
  4. great news by 2+Dollar+Sand+Niggah · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    there was once a fellow /.er who hated $2 dollar sand niggahs, lets kill em and fuck the slashcode for excessive bad postings from this subnet ;) heh wingate lameness for all!

  5. that's fucking stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    please foad, thank you