SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Steve Lee who wrote (40824)1/24/2001 2:58:51 AM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
But what about the in house apps that run maintenance jobs and don't require performance anyway. You want the customers to redevelop all of those? Same for other low impact apps running on the server that don't form part of the main load bearing functions.

But that's the whole point. I don't want the customer to do anything, and neither should Intel if they have half a brain. Compatibility mode shouldn't make radical assumptions about what customers need and don't need or will and won't do, it's about giving them flexibility. Ideally, Intel box vendors can say, "Here's the perfect setup: YOU decide the order and schedule in which you'll move your applications. 32-bit apps will continue to run about as before, with maybe a slight performance hit. If there are some you never want to move to 64-bit, that's ok too."

But if the 32-bit modes are so sh*tty that "low-impact" apps slow down to the point that they aren't so low-impact any more? Maybe you didn't read that article all the way through. It said Itanic makes Pentium III apps start performing like a 486. To build a chip that radically slows down any application a customer doesn't move up to 64-bit is to make a de facto choice for the customer that Intel is not qualified to make. I don't understand how it can be anything but ridiculous on its face.

--QS
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News