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To: dale_laroy who wrote (60678)10/28/2001 12:31:55 PM
From: Paul EngelRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: "No, no, no! AMD should, after acquiring SGI, reposition Irix as a consumer OS. Silicon Graphics branded consumer PCs should ship in a dual boot configuration, with Irix being the default bootup. Users should be required to actively change their bootup OS to bootup in Windows XP if so desired. This position should be maintained until Microsoft ships a 64-bit MP version of Windows as a consumer OS."

Interesting.

Isn't IRIX written for the MIPS architecture, which is a Big Endian type machine.

Is the Hammer capable of handling BOTH Little Endian and Big Endian words?



To: dale_laroy who wrote (60678)10/28/2001 1:01:27 PM
From: peter_lucRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Dale,

"The best approach is not to promote the 64-bitness of Hammer, but to acquire SGI and launch Silicon Graphics as the ultimate in consumer PCs using Hammer. Silicon Graphics branded Hammer based systems should be presented as a step up from Compaq and HP P4 based systems in the retail market."

Buying Silicon Graphics would be absolutely cool.

Thanks for your comments!

Peter


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