After comparing the IA64 to x86-64, it is pretty obvious that IA64 is the superior architecture. Intel actually has a pretty damn good design on their hands, where as AMD is still sticking to the dying, x86 ISA.
Increasing register size/number thereof is NOT the answer. Intels idea of packing multiple instructions into a block is excellent. Predictive instructions? Not in x86-64.
I agree that Intel might be a "big bully," and AMD CPUs certainly perform on par, if not better than Intels, but it REALLY is time for a new architecture.
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Not sure what the answer to it is, but i'll gladly read the responses.
Mainly, I'm just glad to see an "ask slashdot" that can't be solved by either going to google or a psychiatrist.
Porn.
"but I have no idea what I should be looking for."
A printer.
After comparing the IA64 to x86-64, it is pretty obvious that IA64 is the superior architecture. Intel actually has a pretty damn good design on their hands, where as AMD is still sticking to the dying, x86 ISA.
Increasing register size/number thereof is NOT the answer. Intels idea of packing multiple instructions into a block is excellent. Predictive instructions? Not in x86-64.
I agree that Intel might be a "big bully," and AMD CPUs certainly perform on par, if not better than Intels, but it REALLY is time for a new architecture.