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To: dougSF30 who wrote (16156)10/26/2000 4:32:53 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
> Itanic has lousy potential, Paul. The EPIC design is a mistake for everything but scientific simulations.
> You have the CPU to yourself and want to simulate the weather, or a nuclear explosion? Great, go buy the
> non-beta version of Itanic, when available.

I'm not so certain that Itanium will be that great in scientific simulations. If it were, Intel would be hyping its specfp performance, wouldn't they?

    -JC



To: dougSF30 who wrote (16156)10/27/2000 9:13:59 PM
From: Paul EngelRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: "Itanic has lousy potential, Paul. The EPIC design is a mistake for everything but scientific simulations."

And what proof of this do you have to support this claim?


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