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 : Intel Corporation (INTC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan3 who wrote (138579)7/3/2001 11:37:22 AM
From: Tony Viola  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Itanium does less than 400 SPEC int on heavily optimized code. The "old" instruction set in Athlon and "mostly old" P4 instruction set both beat it without requiring a gigantic chip that burns something like 140 watts.

McKinley, generally accepted to be the first of the high production Itaniums, fixes that in spades, while even improving already great floating point. Current Itanium is a software and other development platform. The big ITanium bucks start coming in next year.

Tony



To: Dan3 who wrote (138579)7/3/2001 2:48:38 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 186894
 
Blow Hard Dan - Re: "The itanium ISA was an interesting idea that doesn't seem to have panned out. "

No kidding?

Do you recall - from just last week - a rather big announcement from Compaq?


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