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Intel Shifting 64-bit Plans
OS24Ever writes "News.com has an article stating that 'Intel plans to demonstrate a 64-bit revamp of its Xeon and Pentium processors in mid-February--an endorsement of a major rival's strategy and a troubling development for Intel's Itanium chip' Is this the end of Itanium?" Looks like the rumors were true.
is solaris ported to this baby and theres 64 bit goodness for everyone!!
The deeper the pipe, the harder the fall.
I love it when companies lie out their asses for months until they can flip their strategy around.
"Oh no, desktop users would never need 64 bit support! It's just not something a regular user ne-- CYKE! NOW HERE'S OUR LATEST AND GREATEST 64 BIT CHIP! PLEASE, NO CROWDING!"
It's been a long time.
You mean Merced?
We saw this coming with the Yamhill rumors.
And where would we be without stupid pundits?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
But the point is that a 3GHz computer will almost certainly run things faster than a 100 MHz computer.
You have fallen into the Intel trap.
There is an exit to your north, it is guarded by a man in a spacesuit.
You have:
- A wallet
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
It was made by hard drive manufacturers.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Anyone else find any irony in the title? Intel shifting 64 bit plans?
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No one ever got fired when going w/Big Blue
:)
.::. "Come close to me, Klingon, and let me die with my hands at your throat!" .::.
Check that...no one but a slew of Intel Engineers!
These spoilt young hooligans! Back in the day when I coded CFD, we used 4-bit processors and strung them together by the serial port to make the necessary precision. Even then, it was in integers so we had to work out the decimal places by hand and type them on the end!
And we enjoyed it!
Refuse to make a statement in your sig!
Isnt that what Microsoft did with Windows 3.1 and Windows 95? -- took the 16-bit and 'mixed' with a 32-bit version? *shudder*
Winter 2010: With Glowing Hearts
There is an exit to your north, it is guarded by a man in a spacesuit.
,"IBMAMDVIATRANSMETA".
:look floor
:get CD
:look CD
:go north
:quit
You have:
- A wallet
: look
There is a PowerPC processor in the corner.
: Get processor
Taken.
The man in the spacesuit fidgets uncomfortably.
: Use processor
You have no software that can run on this processor.
The man in the spacesuit laughs at your predicament.
A geek has also fallen into the intel trap.
: Look geek
He is pasty-skinned and bearded. He seems to shun the light.
: Talk geek
The geek says loudly
The man in the spacesuit screams and departs the room!
The geek leaves the room, giggling.
There is something on the floor near where the geek was standing.
There is a a rewriteable CD on the floor.
Taken.
On closer inspection you notice the CD has been labelled "YellowDog" with a marker pen.
You are in a maze of twisty processor lines, all alike. There is a lot of hype here.
are you sure? (y/n) y
You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
There is a lot of hype here.
Does 64-bit Windows mean that I'll have to reboot twice as often or half as often?