he 486 was the last processor to actually execute x86 instructions.
You refer to the legendary P6 core (PPro, PII, PIII, sorta PM and Core too). The U and V pipelines in the original Pentium were pretty much straight x86.
Since then all intel x86 processors run an x86 virtual machine on a RISC CPU.
You are heavily oversimplifying here -- these cores (P6, NetBurst, Core2) are best described as hybrids. See for example the excellent ArsTechnica articles on the byzantine RISCyness of IA32 CPUs:-)
I was also thinking HP in that club... but apparently they don't have enough "IP" left to keep from suing themselves.
Supposing SGI ain't totally dead yet (apart from brain-), don't they possess quite a patent portfolio on GUI and single-image scaling in particular and unixy systems in general? No?
It's going that way here in Finland too. When we used to be something of a (Nokia's) playground for new mobile tech and services, it was a given that you first chose your phone, then went shopping for an operator. (And during the mad customer-gather discounts, people had several; my uncle at best had a dozen cards, swapping when some freebie offer ended... never knew which number to call him, before the Number Freeze law).
But now the long-term package deals are becoming the norm. Maybe the other makers were willing to play possum to penetrate Nokia's home turf, and enabled the operators to get the upper hand.
Granted, you can still get any phone & op combo separately, but the most generous deals are packages only. And that's why I'm suffering from the considerable brain damage and buggy apps of the N70 for some 15 months more... I was too cheap for my own good... Never again a package deal. (Although, I pay about USD50/mo for it all -- phone, calls, surfing -- so it's not that bad a deal, but I seriously regret getting this sorry piece of beta hardware...)
Then again, a search engine looks like the ideal purpose for a distributed client. Offer a screensaver (or heck a Firefox plugin!) that does a modest amount of spidering, storing, indexing; and manage all those via a central result viewer site/server, or distribute that functionality too...
I wouldn't be surprised if The Carmack has already learnt to make use of 360's three CPUs via, you know, multithreading. His (hardware) complaint was about PS3's 1+7 mix of two types of processor. (Maybe 2 PPE + 4 SPE would have been more usable/useful?)
That's not at all the situation up here in Finland, though. People have always been fond of the "Letukka". Now Camaro owners get Korea jokes instead of respect.
Quite simply, GM totally underestimated (or altogether misunderstood) the significance of a name with real tradition behind it. That is, they underestimated their audience. I'm waiting for year-end to see the actual market effect in clear numbers of them crapping on their once good name -- there should be some.
(And back on topic, yes I too have a problem with the legendary Amiga name used for this machine-independent OS. Loved the A500, but am now happy with Win2K, FreeBSD, and Ubuntu for OS.)
a new company may want to identify with a disused brand because their own philosophies are similar to those represented by the brand. A company will find it easier to covey those philosophies
Good point! And it's not only about conveying, but also about keeping the philosophies (in-house) in the first place -- as this is a job that takes a constant effort in any company with more than a couple of employees. Having a name that automagically creates a desired atmosphere helps, quite different people can more easily adopt and act according to the common ideals when they are under a clear umbrella.
Mod parent up! My thoughts exactly...
It'll be an ill day when the creators of the GPL hijack the term "GPL" for something materially different. And "GPLv3" along "GPL" (next to nobody uses "GPLv2" out there) would look just clumsy and geeky. To really succeed and spread in the real world, the GPL needs to be a very clear concept. It takes some time to wrap one's head around it already now -- any extra difficulty and complication is definitely not wanted.
If what I fear happens -- v2 just replaces v3 -- I'll stop evangelising GPL just because it becomes too iffy for me to do.
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These are networked into a small TCP/IP LAN
Isn't that often Myrinet or InfiniBand instead, for latency and overhead issues?
I knew it! Aliens among us!
*dons tinfoil hat*
he 486 was the last processor to actually execute x86 instructions. You refer to the legendary P6 core (PPro, PII, PIII, sorta PM and Core too). The U and V pipelines in the original Pentium were pretty much straight x86. Since then all intel x86 processors run an x86 virtual machine on a RISC CPU. You are heavily oversimplifying here -- these cores (P6, NetBurst, Core2) are best described as hybrids. See for example the excellent ArsTechnica articles on the byzantine RISCyness of IA32 CPUs :-)
(i.e. PHPs)
;-)
Pointy Haired Posse(s)?
Now in their fifth generation, no less...
I won't even ask about your username
I was also thinking HP in that club... but apparently they don't have enough "IP" left to keep from suing themselves. Supposing SGI ain't totally dead yet (apart from brain-), don't they possess quite a patent portfolio on GUI and single-image scaling in particular and unixy systems in general? No?
Your attitude is sorta like a guy in Guam saying "hey, if the USA and the USSR wipe themselves out tomorrow, where's the downside?"
I'm a guy in Guam and the USSR *has* wiped themselves out, you insensitive clod!
(No I'm not really a guy in Guam. But I'll be here all week. Don't tell my boss.)
It's going that way here in Finland too. When we used to be something of a (Nokia's) playground for new mobile tech and services, it was a given that you first chose your phone, then went shopping for an operator. (And during the mad customer-gather discounts, people had several; my uncle at best had a dozen cards, swapping when some freebie offer ended... never knew which number to call him, before the Number Freeze law). But now the long-term package deals are becoming the norm. Maybe the other makers were willing to play possum to penetrate Nokia's home turf, and enabled the operators to get the upper hand. Granted, you can still get any phone & op combo separately, but the most generous deals are packages only. And that's why I'm suffering from the considerable brain damage and buggy apps of the N70 for some 15 months more... I was too cheap for my own good... Never again a package deal. (Although, I pay about USD50/mo for it all -- phone, calls, surfing -- so it's not that bad a deal, but I seriously regret getting this sorry piece of beta hardware...)
Oh yes and fund the glue server / search website by Google Ads too ;-)
Then again, a search engine looks like the ideal purpose for a distributed client. Offer a screensaver (or heck a Firefox plugin!) that does a modest amount of spidering, storing, indexing; and manage all those via a central result viewer site/server, or distribute that functionality too...
Shit wants out
I wouldn't be surprised if The Carmack has already learnt to make use of 360's three CPUs via, you know, multithreading. His (hardware) complaint was about PS3's 1+7 mix of two types of processor. (Maybe 2 PPE + 4 SPE would have been more usable/useful?)
Ah but is that a standard dictionary? ;-)
(A Collins COBUILD man here...)
Mod parent up after he learns more Tag-Fu.
That's not at all the situation up here in Finland, though. People have always been fond of the "Letukka". Now Camaro owners get Korea jokes instead of respect.
Quite simply, GM totally underestimated (or altogether misunderstood) the significance of a name with real tradition behind it. That is, they underestimated their audience. I'm waiting for year-end to see the actual market effect in clear numbers of them crapping on their once good name -- there should be some.
(And back on topic, yes I too have a problem with the legendary Amiga name used for this machine-independent OS. Loved the A500, but am now happy with Win2K, FreeBSD, and Ubuntu for OS.)
a new company may want to identify with a disused brand because their own philosophies are similar to those represented by the brand. A company will find it easier to covey those philosophies
Good point! And it's not only about conveying, but also about keeping the philosophies (in-house) in the first place -- as this is a job that takes a constant effort in any company with more than a couple of employees. Having a name that automagically creates a desired atmosphere helps, quite different people can more easily adopt and act according to the common ideals when they are under a clear umbrella.
Thanks for the coffee on my keyboard! Short but sweetly contextual (Ubisoft being French and all) = best Slashdot joke I've seen in a while :)
Mod parent up! My thoughts exactly... It'll be an ill day when the creators of the GPL hijack the term "GPL" for something materially different. And "GPLv3" along "GPL" (next to nobody uses "GPLv2" out there) would look just clumsy and geeky. To really succeed and spread in the real world, the GPL needs to be a very clear concept. It takes some time to wrap one's head around it already now -- any extra difficulty and complication is definitely not wanted. If what I fear happens -- v2 just replaces v3 -- I'll stop evangelising GPL just because it becomes too iffy for me to do.
LOL! Thanks for the comeback of the day :-)
I save my mod points for *BSD stories. Join me.
Man, that's got to be the worst pick-up line ever. The ending is *way* too blunt.
Paradoy [parody] DESERVES to make money, it's creative.
;-)
How does "creative" self-explain the money-making? What's this default connection between the two? *shiver*
you have left the realm of imperical [empirical] fact and entered the world of faith where government should not have a hand.
Are you then saying the government should "have a hand" in empirical facts? Now that's worse of the two
I'd have been unable to resist doing the blowtorch-against-the-hand trick.
Funny, I thought the trick somehow involved Aerogel too.
Well put! Have you noticed how some people complain about x86, then say almost the same things about Perl but as praise? ;-)
who ever wrote that should be fired
[helpful] It was a NewsForge.com reporter. [/helpful]
we'd all still be scribbling gibberish on paper
/. is vastly better!
Yes, now the content e.g. on
I think their UNIX business will get spun off after the lawsuit business clears up and the company goes bust.
:-P
That's a good prediction. Makes me wonder what name they (the new company arrangement) will market it under. Caldera Unix?