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To: semiconeng who wrote (120522)7/18/2000 9:27:09 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570913
 
SemiconEng,

Of course, there's no guarantee that ANY 64 bit OS(s) will work with Sledgehammers Extended-32 bit architecture, is there...?

While that is true, the task of creating such an OS will be simplified by the fact that the source code will be there and a 64 bit extension of existing 32bit compilers will be something a few interns can do, compared to the Merced compiler, that probably matches complexity of Apollo landing on the Moon.

Joe



To: semiconeng who wrote (120522)7/18/2000 9:56:56 PM
From: minnow68  Respond to of 1570913
 
SemiconEng,

You wrote "Of course, there's no guarantee that ANY 64 bit OS(s) will work with Sledgehammers Extended-32 bit architecture, is there...?"

Which is also exactly the situation Intel finds itself in with IA64. I'd bet a nickel that Linux will be the first 64-bit OS on both of them.

Mike


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