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To: Scumbria who wrote (78109)4/8/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
<The IA64 VLIW architecture has some inherently dangerous features to it. It allows user code to do instruction scheduling. It has not been proven that it is possible to build a safe system/network architecture around IA64. There will be many, many issues to resolve before IA64 can move into Sun's market space.>

How is this different from high-end RISC processors whose compiler optimizations can also affect system stability? I don't see the difference, except for the fact that RISC compilers are more mature than IA-64 compilers.

Tenchusatsu



To: Scumbria who wrote (78109)4/8/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
SCUM bria - Re: "It has not been proven that it is possible to build a safe system/network architecture around IA64. There will be many, many issues to resolve before IA64 can move into Sun's market space."

Clue to the Clueless:

SUN is porting their Solaris Software to the IA64 platform.

It would be PRUDENT for them to make this as robust as their existing software, since it will carry their name on it.

Paul


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